April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 2007
Day of Week 3rd » TGV world speed record Record of 2007 named Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
Day of Week 4th » Fifteen British Royal Navy personnel 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel known as held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
Day of Week 11th » 11 April 2007 Algiers bombings or 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
Day of Week 12th » A suicide bomber 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing known as penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
Day of Week 14th » Republic Protests called At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Day of Week 16th » Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
Day of Week 18th » The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
18th » A 18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings called series of bombings, two of them being suicide bomber e.g suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
Day of Week 27th » Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn or Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Union known as Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
19th » Helen Walton, American businesswomen (b. 1919)
20th » Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
20th » Fred Fish, American computer programmer (b. 1952)
20th » Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
21st » Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts (Australian band) or Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (b. 1941)
22nd » Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
23rd » Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
23rd » David Halberstam, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1934)
23rd » Peter Randall (GM) called Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
23rd » Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
24th » Roy Jenson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1927)
25th » Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
25th » Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
25th » Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
26th » Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system named MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
27th » Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1957)
27th » Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)