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7 April 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 April 2024 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Like That” by Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 April 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 April 2024 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 7 April
- 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.
- 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.
- 2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.
- 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.
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 2024 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
Life in the US in 2024
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.31
Loaf of Bread
$3.04
Average House
$420,000
Weekly Wage
$1,145
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