TIMELINER

History's most surprising connections

Born on April 7

BORN ON THIS DAY
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Born 1915 · Music
Strange Fruit, jazz vocal legend
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Born 1939 · Film & Entertainment
The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now
DIED ON THIS DAY
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture
Died 1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Died 1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
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