^B{^#!16!7 April^N! Feast day of St Celsus, St Goran, St Finan Cam, St George the Younger, St Hegesippus, St Aphraates, St Henry Walpole, St Herman Joseph, and St John Baptist de la Salle.
^B{1827 ^B}The first matches were sold in Stockton, England, by their inventor, chemist John Walker. ^B{1853^B} Chloroform was used as an anesthetic on Queen Victoria, during the birth of her eighth child, Prince Leopold. ^B{1906^B} A major eruption of the Italian volcano, Vesuvius, took place. ^B{1939^B} Italy invaded Albania. ^B{1948^B} The World Health Organization (WHO) was established. ^B{1963^B} Yugoslavia's new constitution established Josip Tito as president for life.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}St Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary, ^B{1506^B}; William Wordsworth, English poet, ^B{1770^B}; Billie Holiday, US jazz singer, ^B{1915^B}; Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player, ^B{1920^B}; David Frost, English TV presenter and interviewer, ^B{1939^B}; Francis Ford Coppola, US film director, ^B{1939^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}El Greco, Greek-born Spanish painter, ^B{1614^B}; Dick Turpin, English highwayman, ^B{1739^B}; Phineas T Barnum, US showman, ^B{1891^B}; Henry Ford, US automobile manufacturer, ^B{1947^B}; Theda Bara, US silent-film actress, ^B{1955^B}; Jim Clark, English racing driver, killed in a crash, ^B{1968^B}.
