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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Beer_Day_(United_States)" title="National Beer Day (United States)">National Beer Day</a></b> in the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1655" title="1655">1655</a> – After <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1655_papal_conclave" title="1655 papal conclave">a conclave lasting eighty days</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College of Cardinals</a> elected Fabio Chigi as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII" title="Pope Alexander VII">Pope Alexander VII</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926" title="1926">1926</a> – Italian dictator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Gibson" title="Violet Gibson">Violet Gibson</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato" title="Japanese battleship Yamato">Yamato</a></b></i> during <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go" title="Operation Ten-Go">Operation Ten-Go</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War" title="Uganda–Tanzania War">Uganda–Tanzania War</a>: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Entebbe" title="Battle of Entebbe">Battle of Entebbe</a></b>, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampala" title="Kampala">Kampala</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – A hijacker <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Stockholm_truck_attack" title="2017 Stockholm truck attack">deliberately drove a truck into crowds</a></b> along <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drottninggatan" title="Drottninggatan">Drottninggatan</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden, killing five people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco" title="El Greco">El Greco</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1614); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas" title="Marjory Stoneman Douglas">Marjory Stoneman Douglas</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1890); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuno_Mendes_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 1978)">Nuno Mendes</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978)</p>
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