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This is a list of selected April 7 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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529Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence. refimprove
1868Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a Canadian Father of Confederation, was assassinated; to date, the only Canadian political assassination at the federal level. refimprove
1954Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced the domino theory, speculating that if one nation in a region came under the influence of communism, then its surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. original research, unreferenced sections
1956 – Spain relinquished its protectorate in Morocco. refimprove
2010 - Thousands rioted in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek resulting in the collapse of the Kurmanbek Bakiyev government. multiple issues

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international public health.

April 7: Holy Saturday (Western Christianity, 2012); World Health Day

Artist's conception of the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft

  • 2001NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), currently the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.
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