
May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). There are 238 days remaining. ==Events== *558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. *1429 - Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River. *1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope. *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. *1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven, completely deaf, conducts the debut of his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) in Vienna. *1832 - Greece was recognised independent by the Treaty of London, 1832. Otto of Greece is chosen List of Kings of Greece. *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. *1896 - Herman Webster Mudgett, the first recognized serial killer in United States history, is hanged in Philadelphia. *1915 - World War I: a Germany U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people. *1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Second Republic of Poland-Ukrainian People's Republic troops captured Kiev during the Kiev Offensive (1920). *1937 - Spanish Civil War: The Germany Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Francisco 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). *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 defeat (the battle began on March 13). *1960 - Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 - Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding United States Lockheed U-2 pilot Gary Powers. *1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution law. This amendment bars the Congress of the United States 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 - Apple Computer unveils the iMac. * 1998 - Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. *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 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== *1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, Huguenot general (d. 1569) *1711 - David Hume, philosopher (d. 1776) *1812 - Robert Browning, English poet and husband to Elizabeth Barrett Browning (d. 1889) *1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897) *1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893) *1857 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930) *1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer (d. 1941) *1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, actor (d. 1969) *1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1982) *1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980) *1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961) *1908 - Max Grundig, industrialist (d. 1989) *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, actor *1923 - Anne Baxter, actress (d. 1985) *1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, screenwriter *1930 - Totie Fields, comedienne (d. 1978) *1931 - Teresa Brewer, singer *1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football star (d. 2002) *1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands *1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, singer *1940 - Angela Carter, novelist and journalist (d. 1992) *1942 - Gerhard Polt, German cabaretist *1943 - Harvey Andrews, singer and songwriter *1946 - Thelma Houston, singer *1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead) *1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, boxer and actor *1950 - Tim Russert, American television host (''Meet the Press'') *1951 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter *1954 - Amy Heckerling, director *1956 - Anne Dudley, musician *1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands *1957 - Sinjin Smith, volleyball player *1965 - Owen Hart, professional wrestler (d. 1999) *1968 - Traci Lords, actress *1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, musician ==Deaths== *973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912) *1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of the Sikh religion (b. 1469) *1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616) *1718 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (b. 1658) *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, serial killer (b. 1861) *1942 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863) *1951 - Warner Baxter, actor (b. 1889) *1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, musician *2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor (b. 1909) *2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956) ==Holidays and observances== *Russia - Radio Day (see Alexander Popov (physicist)) ==Recorded this date== *1941 - "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" (w. Mack Gordon, m. Harry Warden) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/7 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/may/people7.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on May 7] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/7 Today in History: May 7] ---- May 6 - May 8 - April 7 - June 7 -- historical anniversaries bs:7. maj ga:7 Bealtaine la:7 Maii ml:മേയ് 7 scn:7 di maiu simple:May 7 th:7 พฤษภาคม
--User:Maveric149 23:36, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 7 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 7 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_7_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- == Russia? == *1951 - The International Olympic Committee gives Russia permission to compete in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Russia? Not the Soviet Union? Can someone explain what this means? and is it significant? User:Kingturtle 07:29, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
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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== *558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. *1429 - Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River. *1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope. *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. *1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven, completely deaf, conducts the debut of his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) in Vienna. *1832 - Greece was recognised independent by the Treaty of London, 1832. Otto of Greece is chosen List of Kings of Greece. *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. *1896 - Herman Webster Mudgett, the first recognized serial killer in United States history, is hanged in Philadelphia. *1915 - World War I: a Germany U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people. *1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Second Republic of Poland-Ukrainian People's Republic troops captured Kiev during the Kiev Offensive (1920). *1937 - Spanish Civil War: The Germany Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Francisco 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). *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 defeat (the battle began on March 13). *1960 - Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 - Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding United States Lockheed U-2 pilot Gary Powers. *1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution law. This amendment bars the Congress of the United States 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 - Apple Computer unveils the iMac. * 1998 - Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. *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 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== *1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, Huguenot general (d. 1569) *1711 - David Hume, philosopher (d. 1776) *1812 - Robert Browning, English poet and husband to Elizabeth Barrett Browning (d. 1889) *1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897) *1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893) *1857 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930) *1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer (d. 1941) *1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, actor (d. 1969) *1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1982) *1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980) *1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961) *1908 - Max Grundig, industrialist (d. 1989) *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, actor *1923 - Anne Baxter, actress (d. 1985) *1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, screenwriter *1930 - Totie Fields, comedienne (d. 1978) *1931 - Teresa Brewer, singer *1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football star (d. 2002) *1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands *1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, singer *1940 - Angela Carter, novelist and journalist (d. 1992) *1942 - Gerhard Polt, German cabaretist *1943 - Harvey Andrews, singer and songwriter *1946 - Thelma Houston, singer *1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead) *1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, boxer and actor *1950 - Tim Russert, American television host (''Meet the Press'') *1951 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter *1954 - Amy Heckerling, director *1956 - Anne Dudley, musician *1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands *1957 - Sinjin Smith, volleyball player *1965 - Owen Hart, professional wrestler (d. 1999) *1968 - Traci Lords, actress *1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, musician ==Deaths== *973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912) *1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of the Sikh religion (b. 1469) *1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616) *1718 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (b. 1658) *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, serial killer (b. 1861) *1942 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863) *1951 - Warner Baxter, actor (b. 1889) *1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, musician *2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor (b. 1909) *2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956) ==Holidays and observances== *Russia - Radio Day (see Alexander Popov (physicist)) ==Recorded this date== *1941 - "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" (w. Mack Gordon, m. Harry Warden) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/7 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/may/people7.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on May 7] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/7 Today in History: May 7] ---- May 6 - May 8 - April 7 - June 7 -- historical anniversaries bs:7. maj ga:7 Bealtaine la:7 Maii ml:മേയ് 7 scn:7 di maiu simple:May 7 th:7 พฤษภาคม
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--User:Maveric149 23:36, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 7 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 7 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_7_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- == Russia? == *1951 - The International Olympic Committee gives Russia permission to compete in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Russia? Not the Soviet Union? Can someone explain what this means? and is it significant? User:Kingturtle 07:29, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
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