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Events on Monday 16 April 2007 2
2007John Coltrane awarded a posthumous PulitzerSpecial CitationFor his masterful improvisation and iconic compositions.
2007Virginia Tech shootingDeadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in US history to dateA student gunman killed 32 people and wounded 17 others on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before killing himself. It prompted nationwide debate over campus security and gun control in the United States.