It happenned on a… 7 April

U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.

Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

The Toronto Blue Jays play their inaugural regular season game in a light snowfall at the CNE Exhibition Stadium; the expansion team beats the Chicago White Sox 9-5.

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

The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1

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

The United Nations’ World Health Organization began operations.

English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.