Any number of things can happen on any particular day, but The People History indicates that a number of important events occurred on April 7 during the 1930's-40's.
7th April 1915: Elinore Harris, a/k/a Billie Holiday, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
7th April 1933: After years of prohibition since 1920 when the Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect prohibiting the import, export, transport, sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor; beer is sold once again in 19 of the 48 states and the District of Columbia .
7th April 1949: Rodgers and Hammerstein debut their hit musical South Pacific on Broadway.
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