History for April 7

History for April 7 - On-This-Day.com
W.K. Kellogg 1860 - Industrialist in food manufacturing, most known for founding of the Kellogg Company, Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator, Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer 


James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick"), Wayne Rogers 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H"), Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director 


Janis Ian 1950 - Singer, songwriter (Fink), Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2"), Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator") 






1864 - The first camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California. 


1922 - U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 



1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States. 



1945 - The Japanese battleship Yamato, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa. The fleet was headed for a suicide mission. 


1948 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted on Broadway. 


1953 - IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer. 


1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament. 



1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films.