On This Day — April 7

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on April 7.

• 2022: Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice.
• 2021: COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States.
• 2020: COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
• 2020: COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier.
• 2018: Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.

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