April 7

Events

 * 1805 - First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony (Eroica).
 * 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.

Births

 * 1899 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (d. 1972)
 * 1908 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and musician (d. 1976)
 * 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player
 * 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
 * 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
 * 1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician
 * 1938 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
 * 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter
 * 1941 - James Di Pasquale, American composer
 * 1947 - Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
 * 1947 - Florian Schneider, German musician (Kraftwerk)
 * 1948 - Carol Douglas, American singer
 * 1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall & Oates)
 * 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
 * 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, composer, writer and music producer
 * 1970 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist