On This Day for April 7 - Jack Nicklaus's first Masters victory, Ravi Shankar is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 07 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Ravi Shankar READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1963 Jack Nicklaus's first Masters victory READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2012: American television journalist Mike Wallace, who was noted for his aggressive, bruising style during interviews on the long-running TV newsmagazine program 60 Minutes, died at age 93. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about famous Americans.] 2001: NASA launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which reached Mars in October and transmitted photos and other data back to scientists on Earth. [ Test your knowledge of space exploration.] 1994: Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated by Hutu soldiers—a day after the deaths of Juvénal Habyarimana, president of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, president of Burundi—as Rwanda entered a period of anarchy and mass killings . 1939: American director Francis Ford Coppola—whose films included the classics The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974), and Apocalypse Now (1979)—was born. [ Test your knowledge of cinema.] 1939: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini made Albania a protectorate of his country, installing Italy's Victor Emmanuel III as king, while Albanian King Zog I went into exile. [How much do you know about European history? ] 1933: Some eight months before Prohibition was repealed, low-alcoholic beer became legal in the United States; the day subsequently was celebrated as National Beer Day. [Take our beer and brewing quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1933 Wayne Rogers American actor 1954 Jackie Chan Chinese actor and director 1939 Francis Ford Coppola American director and screenwriter 1964 Russell Crowe Australian actor 1972 Tim Peake British astronaut and military officer 1915 Billie Holiday American jazz singer SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help