About April 7th

Sun Sign
♈ Aries
Fire · Mars
bold, ambitious, courageous, independent
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Birthstone
Diamond
Colorless
Eternal love, strength, invincibility
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Birth Flower
Daisy
Sweet Pea
Purity, innocence, loyal love
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Celtic Tree
Alder
Fearn
confident, self-reliant, charming, persuasive
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229 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

11 Myocardial Infarction
7 Lung Cancer
7 Pneumonia
6 Stroke
5 Covid 19

Top death years

7 2021
7 2023
6 2014
6 2015
5 2007

Deaths by gender

187 Male
41 Female

Top death places

9 New York City
8 Moscow
4 Los Angeles
4 London
3 Madrid

Top 5 notable deaths.

P. T. Barnum

American showman and politician (1810–1891).

Born July 5th, 1810 in Bethel. [ref]

Died April 7th, 1891 at 80 years old in Bridgeport (stroke). [ref]

Henry Ford

American business magnate (1863–1947).

Born July 30th, 1863 in Springwells Township. [ref]

Died April 7th, 1947 at 83 years old in Dearborn (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

John Prine

American singer-songwriter (1946-2020).

Born October 10th, 1946 in Maywood.

Died April 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (COVID-19). [ref]

Joe Gallo

American mobster of italian descent (1929–1972).

Born April 7th, 1929 in Brooklyn.

Died April 7th, 1972 at 43 years old in Manhattan.

Peaches Geldof

British journalist, television presenter and model (1989–2014).

Born March 13th, 1989 in Westminster.

Died April 7th, 2014 at 25 years old in Wrotham (opioid overdose).

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Top birth years

14 1994
14 1988
12 1992
11 1987
11 1961

Birthdays by gender

464 Male
139 Female

Top birth places

13 New York City
9 London
6 Chicago
6 Berlin
6 Madrid

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs