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May 7
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May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (128th in
leap years). There are 238 days remaining.
Events
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558 - In
Constantinople, the dome of the
Hagia Sophia collapses.
Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
*
1274 - In
France, the
Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the
Pope.
*
1429 -
Joan of Arc ends the
Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the
Hundred Years' War.
*
1697 -
Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed in a huge fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced with the current Royal Palace).
*
1763 -
Indian Wars:
Pontiac's Rebellion begins -
Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at
Detroit, Michigan Fort Detroit.
*
1824 - World premiere of
Ludwig van Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) Ninth Symphony in
Vienna,
Austria. Work was conducted by
Michael Umlauf, under the
deaf composer's supervision.
*
1832 -
Greece is recognised independent by the
Treaty of London, 1832 Treaty of London.
Otto of Greece Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen
List of Kings of Greece King.
*
1840 - The
Great Natchez Tornado strikes
Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest
tornado in
U.S. history.
*
1847 - In
Philadelphia, the
American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.
*
1864 -
American Civil War: The
Army of the Potomac, under General
Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the
Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
*
1895 - In
Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist
Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the first in the world radio receiver. In the former
Soviet Union this day is celebrated as Day of Radio.
*
1896 -
H. H. Holmes is hanged in
Philadelphia.
*
1915 -
World War I: a
Germany German U-boat sinks the
RMS Lusitania RMS ''Lusitania'', killing 1,198 people.
*
1920 -
Polish-Soviet War Polish-Bolshevik War:
Second Republic of Poland Polish-
Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian troops capture
Kiev Kyiv during the
Kiev Offensive (1920) Kiev Offensive.
*
1937 -
Spanish Civil War: The
Germany German Condor Legion, equipped with
Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in
Spain to assist
Francisco Franco Franco's forces.
*
1945 -
World War II: General
Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at
Reims,
France, ending
Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.
*
1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed
Sony) is founded with about 20 employees.
*
1947 - ''
Kraft Television Theater'' debuts, running for the next 11 years.
*
1948 - The
Council of Europe is founded during the
Hague Congress (1948) Hague Congress.
*
1952 - The concept for the
integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by
Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
*
1954 -
Indochina War: The
Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a
France French defeat (the battle began on
March 13).
*
1960 -
Cold War:
U-2 Crisis of 1960 U-2 Crisis -
Soviet Union Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding
United States American Lockheed U-2 U-2 pilot
Gary Powers.
*
1964 - A
Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27 airliner crashes near
San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the
FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
*
1974 -
West Germany West German Chancellor
Willy Brandt resigns.
*
1992 -
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the
United States Constitution making the
27th Amendment to the United States Constitution 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the
Congress of the United States U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay rise.
* 1992 -
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its maiden voyage.
* 1992 - Three employees at a
McDonald's Restaurant in
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first fast-food murder in
Canada.
*
1998 -
Mercedes-Benz buys
Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms
DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
*
1999 -
Pope John Paul II travells to
Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly
Eastern Orthodox country since the
Great Schism in 1054.
* 1999 - A jury finds ''
The Jenny Jones Show'' and
Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of
Scott Amedure, after the show purposely deceived
Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode. Schmitz later killed Amedure and the jury awarded Amedure's family US$25 million.
* 1999 -
Kosovo War: In
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three
People's Republic of China Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a
NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese embassy in
Belgrade.
* 1999 - In
Guinea-Bissau, President
João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military
coup.
*
2002 - A
China Southern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the
Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
Births
*
1328 -
Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (d.
1365)
*
1530 -
Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d.
1569)
*
1643 -
Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native Mayor of New York (d.
1700)
*
1700 -
Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d.
1772)
*
1711 -
David Hume, Scottish philosopher (d.
1776)
*
1724 -
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (d.
1797)
*
1763 -
Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d.
1813)
*
1812 -
Robert Browning, English poet (d.
1889)
*
1833 -
Johannes Brahms, German composer (d.
1897)
*
1840 -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d.
1893)
*
1847 -
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Primrose,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1929)
*
1857 -
William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (d.
1930)
*
1861 -
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1941)
*
1867 -
Władysław Reymont, Polish writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1925)
*
1882 -
Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d.
1960)
*
1885 -
George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d.
1969)
*
1891 -
Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d.
1988)
*
1892 -
Archibald MacLeish, American poet and
Librarian of Congress (d.
1982)
*1892 -
Josip Broz Tito,
President of Yugoslavia (d.
1980)
*
1901 -
Gary Cooper, American actor (d.
1961)
*
1909 -
Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d.
1991)
*
1911 -
Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director
*
1919 -
Eva Peron, wife of Argentine President
Juan Peron (d.
1952)
*
1922 -
Darren McGavin, American actor
*
1923 -
Anne Baxter, American actress (d.
1985)
*
1927 -
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
*
1930 -
Totie Fields, American comedienne (d.
1978)
*
1931 -
Teresa Brewer, American singer
*
1933 -
Johnny Unitas, American football player (d.
2002)
*
1939 -
Sidney Altman, Canadian-born chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
* 1939 -
Ruud Lubbers,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
* 1939 -
Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
*
1940 -
Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d.
1992)
*
1943 -
Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
*
1946 -
Thelma Houston, American singer
* 1946 -
Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (
Grateful Dead)
*
1950 -
Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
* 1950 -
Tim Russert, American television host
*
1951 -
Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
*
1954 -
Amy Heckerling, American director
*
1955 -
Ben Poquette, NBA pro basketball player for Detroit Pistons and others
*
1956 -
Jan Peter Balkenende,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
* 1956 -
Anne Dudley, British composer and musician
*
1965 -
Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d.
1999)
*
1968 -
Traci Lords, American actress
*
1969 -
Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
*
1973 -
Kristian Lundin, Swedish Songwriter/Producer
*
1975 -
Jason Tunks,
Canadian Olympic
discus thrower
*
1978 -
Brian Clevinger, American author
*
1980 -
Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
*
1986 -
Rianne ten Haken, Dutch model
*
1987 -
Asami Konno, Japanese singer (
Morning Musume and
Tanpopo)
*
1994 -
Ed-kipedia's birthday
Deaths
*
973 -
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b.
912)
*
1427 -
Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
*
1523 -
Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (b.
1481)
*
1539 -
Guru Nanak Dev, Pakistani founder of Sikhism (b.
1469)
* 1539 -
Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b.
1466)
*
1615 -
Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b.
1567)
*
1617 -
David Fabricius, German astronomer (b.
1564)
*
1667 -
Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b.
1616)
*
1682 - Tsar
Feodor III of Russia (b.
1661)
*
1718 -
Mary of Modena, wife of
James II of England (b.
1658)
*
1793 -
Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b.
1722)
*
1800 -
Niccola Piccinni, Italian composer (b.
1728)
*
1825 -
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b.
1750)
*
1840 -
Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b.
1774)
*
1868 -
Henry Peter Brougham,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b.
1778)
*
1896 -
H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b.
1861)
*
1925 -
William Hesketh Lever (First Viscount Leverhulme), Founder of Unilever (b.
1851)
*
1941 -
Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b.
1854)
*
1942 -
Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b.
1863)
*
1951 -
Warner Baxter, American actor (b.
1889)
*
1998 -
Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-born physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1924)
* 1998 -
Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b.
1941)
*
2000 -
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b.
1909)
*
2004 -
Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b.
1956)
*
2005 -
Tristan Egolf, American writer (b.
1971)
Holidays and observances
*
Russia - Radio Day (see
Alexander Popov (physicist) Alexander Popov)
*
Bulgaria - Radio and Television Day
External links
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BBC: On This Day
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''The New York Times'': On This Day
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