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April 15, 2007

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Headlines from April 15, 2007

Have Spatula Will Travel

By Taylor Holliday

From Istanbul to Siem Reap, more hotels are opening up their kitchens to guests, offering cooking classes as a way to experience a country’s culture through its food.

Travel2237 words

A Road Not Taken, Much

By David McAninch

If you walk slowly enough and look hard enough, curiosities abound along Jamaica Avenue, the antithesis of ultrahip New York.

CityWeekly2503 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 11, 2007, covering April 15, 2007.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Let It Go by Tim McGraw

    Let It Go

    Tim McGraw

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for NOW 24 by Various Artists

    NOW 24

    Various Artists

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Buck The World by Young Buck

    Buck The World

    Young Buck

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Music Is My Savior by Mims

    Music Is My Savior

    Mims

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Konvicted by Akon

    Konvicted

    Akon

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    20

Notable Deaths

Brant Parker

2007Brant Parker, American illustrator (born 1920)[†]

Brant Julian Parker was an American cartoonist. He co-created and drew the comic strip The Wizard of Id comic strip until passing the job on to his son, Jeff Parker, in 1997. Cartoonist Johnny Hart, his co-creator, continued writing the strip until his death on April 7, 2007. Parker himself died eight days later, on April 15.

Historical Context for April 15, 2007

In 2007, the world population was approximately 6,757,308,781 people[†]