Event:
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, makes the first visit to the U.K. as Irish head of state; his visit reciprocates that of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland in 2011
More Notable Events on April 7:
1988 Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City
1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
1953 Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary
1902 Texas Oil Company, Texaco, forms
