April 7, it's an important day....

For many reasons, among them....

1933 - Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment.

1964 - IBM announces the System/360.

1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.

And not just events important people have been born on this day too!

1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor

1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor

1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player
1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player

And some really important people passed away on this day as well.

1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla) (b. 1910)

1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)

And it's a particularly special day in Compton...

Compton, California - Eazy-E Day

Pretty much all of this stolen from the good folks at wikipedia...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_7