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7 April 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 April 2017 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 April 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 April 2017 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 7 April
- 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
- 2018 Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, before being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- 2018 Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier.
Famous people born on April 7
- Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
- Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor (born 1964)
- Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
- James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (1928–2014)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2017 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
- February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
- May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Life in the US in 2017
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.42
Loaf of Bread
$2.08
Average House
$323,100
Weekly Wage
$869
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