1. In 1931, Nat Holman's Original Celtics basketball team played a game against the Louisville Athletics at the Louisville Armory. The Celtics won 47-24, marking one of the earliest known professional basketball games played in Kentucky.
2. On April 7, 1948, the University of Kentucky's men's basketball team, led by legendary coach Adolph Rupp, won their fourth NCAA championship by defeating Baylor University 58-42.
3. In 1964, an F4 tornado ripped through several counties in Eastern Kentucky on April 7. The storm caused extensive damage and resulted in 6 fatalities.
4. In 1986, famed Kentucky Derby thoroughbred racehorse, Ferdinand, won the Santa Anita Derby on April 7. Ferdinand went on to win the 1986 Kentucky Derby and the 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic.
5. On April 7, 2003, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill making Kentucky the first state to require that all high school students pass a financial literacy test before graduating. The law went into effect on January 1, 2008.