On this day
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
The Pilotless Plane That Only Looks Like Child’s Play
During the last several years, unmanned aerial vehicles — known as U.A.V.’s — have amassed unusual political firepower.
As Growth Hits a Wall, Nascar Faces a Less Certain Future
Six races into the current season, Nascar is at a crossroads, suffering from an identity crisis at the same time that television viewership has not recovered.
Have Spatula Will Travel
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.
A Road Not Taken, Much
If you walk slowly enough and look hard enough, curiosities abound along Jamaica Avenue, the antithesis of ultrahip New York.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 11, 2007, covering April 15, 2007.
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Let It Go
Tim McGraw
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NOW 24
Various Artists
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Buck The World
Young Buck
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Music Is My Savior
Mims
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Konvicted
Akon
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Notable Deaths
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[†]