7th of April 2026
7th of April 2026 is the 97th day of the year.
It is World Health Day...more.
This day in history:
1739: Dick Turpin hanged at York - ...more
1827: Wooden Matches go on sale - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. - John Locke.
Born today:
Henry IV - 1366, Charles Burney - 1726, William Wordsworth - 1770, James Glaisher - 1809, Ian Hay - 1876, Bronislaw Malinowski - 1884, Sir David Low - 1891, Willie Ross - 1911, Ian Richardson - 1934, David Frost - 1939, Michaela Strachan - 1966, Christian O'Connell - 1974.
Died today:
Dick Turpin - 1739, William Godwin - 1836, Jim Clark - 1968, William Thorpe - 1986, John Lehmann - 1987, Hywel Lewis - 1992, McIntosh Patrick - 1998, Robert Sangster - 2004.
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