May 7th All Events |
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| May 7th, 2007 (May 07 2007) | Event | The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered. | |
| May 7th, 2007 (May 07 2007) | Death | Diego Corrales, American boxer (born in 1977) | |
| May 7th, 2007 (May 07 2007) | Death | Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (born in 1926) | |
| May 7th, 2007 (May 07 2007) | Death | Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (born in 1935) | |
| May 7th, 2006 (May 07 2006) | Death | Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943) | |
| May 7th, 2006 (May 07 2006) | Death | Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (born in 1918) | |
| May 7th, 2006 (May 07 2006) | Death | Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (born in 1943) | |
| May 7th, 2005 (May 07 2005) | Death | Tristan Egolf, American writer (born in 1971) | |
| May 7th, 2005 (May 07 2005) | Death | Peter W. Rodino, American politician (born in 1909) | |
| May 7th, 2005 (May 07 2005) | Death | Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (born in 1980) | |
| May 7th, 2004 (May 07 2004) | Death | Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (born in 1956) | |
| May 7th, 2002 (May 07 2002) | Event | A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. | |
| May 7th, 2002 (May 07 2002) | Death | Seattle Slew, American racehorse (born in 1974) | |
| May 7th, 2002 (May 07 2002) | Death | Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (born in 1962) | |
| May 7th, 2000 (May 07 2000) | Death | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (born in 1909) | |
| May 7th, 1999 (May 07 1999) | Event | Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. | |
| May 7th, 1999 (May 07 1999) | Event | 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 $25 million USD. | |
| May 7th, 1999 (May 07 1999) | Event | Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. | |
| May 7th, 1999 (May 07 1999) | Event | In Guinea-Bissau, President Joao Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. | |
| May 7th, 1998 (May 07 1998) | Event | Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. | |
| May 7th, 1998 (May 07 1998) | Death | Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1924) | |
| May 7th, 1998 (May 07 1998) | Death | Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (born in 1941) | |
| May 7th, 1995 (May 07 1995) | Death | Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (born in 1910) | |
| May 7th, 1992 (May 07 1992) | Event | Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise. | |
| May 7th, 1992 (May 07 1992) | Event | Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its maiden voyage (STS-49). | |
| May 7th, 1992 (May 07 1992) | Event | 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. | |
| May 7th, 1989 (May 07 1989) | Death | Guy Williams, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| May 7th, 1988 (May 07 1988) | Birth | Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious | |
| May 7th, 1987 (May 07 1987) | Birth | Michael Maidens, English footballer (died in 2007) | |
| May 7th, 1987 (May 07 1987) | Death | Colin Blakely, British actor (born in 1930) | |
| May 7th, 1986 (May 07 1986) | Birth | Mark Furze, Australian actor | |
| May 7th, 1986 (May 07 1986) | Birth | Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys | |
| May 7th, 1986 (May 07 1986) | Death | Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (born in 1949 | |
| May 7th, 1985 (May 07 1985) | Birth | Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player | |
| May 7th, 1984 (May 07 1984) | Birth | Alex Smith, American football player | |
| May 7th, 1984 (May 07 1984) | Birth | Drew Stanton, American football player | |
| May 7th, 1984 (May 07 1984) | Birth | James Loney, American baseball player | |
| May 7th, 1982 (May 07 1982) | Birth | Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player | |
| May 7th, 1980 (May 07 1980) | Birth | Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer | |
| May 7th, 1980 (May 07 1980) | Birth | Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey | |
| May 7th, 1979 (May 07 1979) | Birth | Katie Douglas, American basketball player | |
| May 7th, 1978 (May 07 1978) | Birth | Brian Clevinger, American author | |
| May 7th, 1978 (May 07 1978) | Birth | Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician | |
| May 7th, 1978 (May 07 1978) | Birth | Shawn Marion, American basketball player | |
| May 7th, 1977 (May 07 1977) | Birth | Lisa Kelly, Irish singer | |
| May 7th, 1977 (May 07 1977) | Birth | Patrick Johnson, American broadcaster | |
| May 7th, 1975 (May 07 1975) | Birth | Jason Tunks, Canadian track & field athlete | |
| May 7th, 1975 (May 07 1975) | Birth | Nicole Sheridan, American porn star | |
| May 7th, 1975 (May 07 1975) | Birth | Zee, American hip hop artist | |
| May 7th, 1974 (May 07 1974) | Event | West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns. | Willy Brandt Quotes |
| May 7th, 1974 (May 07 1974) | Birth | Breckin Meyer, American actor | |
| May 7th, 1974 (May 07 1974) | Birth | Ian Pearce, English footballer | |
| May 7th, 1973 (May 07 1973) | Birth | Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter | |
| May 7th, 1973 (May 07 1973) | Birth | Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist | |
| May 7th, 1972 (May 07 1972) | Birth | Felix Da Housecat, a House music DJ and record producer | |
| May 7th, 1972 (May 07 1972) | Birth | Frank Trigg, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter | Martial Quotes |
| May 7th, 1971 (May 07 1971) | Birth | Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy) | |
| May 7th, 1969 (May 07 1969) | Birth | Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician | |
| May 7th, 1969 (May 07 1969) | Birth | Rick Porras, American co-producer | |
| May 7th, 1968 (May 07 1968) | Birth | Traci Lords, American actress | |
| May 7th, 1967 (May 07 1967) | Birth | Joe Rice, legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado | |
| May 7th, 1967 (May 07 1967) | Death | Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (born in 1935) | |
| May 7th, 1965 (May 07 1965) | Birth | Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (died in 1999) | Owen Hart Quotes |
| May 7th, 1965 (May 07 1965) | Birth | Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish Footballer | |
| May 7th, 1964 (May 07 1964) | Event | Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a 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. | |
| May 7th, 1964 (May 07 1964) | Birth | Doug Benson, American comedian | |
| May 7th, 1963 (May 07 1963) | Birth | Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra) | |
| May 7th, 1961 (May 07 1961) | Birth | Phil Campbell, British musician (Motorhead) | |
| May 7th, 1960 (May 07 1960) | Event | Cold War: U-2 Crisis of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. | Nikita Khrushchev Quotes |
| May 7th, 1960 (May 07 1960) | Birth | Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director | |
| May 7th, 1960 (May 07 1960) | Birth | Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist | |
| May 7th, 1959 (May 07 1959) | Birth | Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (died in 1985) | |
| May 7th, 1959 (May 07 1959) | Birth | Michael E. Knight, American actor | |
| May 7th, 1957 (May 07 1957) | Birth | Ray Fernandez, wrestler (died in 2004) | |
| May 7th, 1956 (May 07 1956) | Birth | Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
| May 7th, 1956 (May 07 1956) | Birth | Anne Dudley, British composer | |
| May 7th, 1956 (May 07 1956) | Birth | Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host | |
| May 7th, 1955 (May 07 1955) | Birth | Ben Poquette, American basketball player | |
| May 7th, 1955 (May 07 1955) | Birth | Peter Reckell, American actor | |
| May 7th, 1955 (May 07 1955) | Birth | Kevin Reed, American theologian | |
| May 7th, 1954 (May 07 1954) | Event | Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13). | |
| May 7th, 1954 (May 07 1954) | Birth | Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist | |
| May 7th, 1954 (May 07 1954) | Birth | Amy Heckerling, American director | |
| May 7th, 1953 (May 07 1953) | Birth | Pat McInally, former National Football League player | |
| May 7th, 1953 (May 07 1953) | Birth | Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (died in 1982) | |
| May 7th, 1952 (May 07 1952) | Event | The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer. | |
| May 7th, 1951 (May 07 1951) | Birth | Robert Hegyes, American actor | |
| May 7th, 1951 (May 07 1951) | Death | Warner Baxter, American actor (born in 1889) | |
| May 7th, 1950 (May 07 1950) | Birth | Randall Tex Cobb, American boxer and actor | |
| May 7th, 1950 (May 07 1950) | Birth | Tim Russert, American television host (died in 2008) | |
| May 7th, 1948 (May 07 1948) | Event | The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress. | |
| May 7th, 1946 (May 07 1946) | Event | Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. | |
| May 7th, 1946 (May 07 1946) | Birth | Thelma Houston, American singer | |
| May 7th, 1946 (May 07 1946) | Birth | Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead) | |
| May 7th, 1946 (May 07 1946) | Birth | Brian Turner, English celebrity chef | |
| May 7th, 1945 (May 07 1945) | Event | World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany s participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day. | Alfred Jodl Quotes |
| May 7th, 1945 (May 07 1945) | Birth | Christy Moore, Irish folk artist | |
| May 7th, 1945 (May 07 1945) | Birth | Robin Strasser, American TV soap opera actress | |
| May 7th, 1944 (May 07 1944) | Birth | Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (died in 2006) | |
| May 7th, 1944 (May 07 1944) | Birth | Richard O Sullivan, British actor | |
| May 7th, 1943 (May 07 1943) | Birth | Terry Allen, American country music singer | |
| May 7th, 1943 (May 07 1943) | Birth | Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter | |
| May 7th, 1942 (May 07 1942) | Death | Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (born in 1863) | |
| May 7th, 1941 (May 07 1941) | Birth | Catherine P. Saxton, British-born American public relations executive | |
| May 7th, 1941 (May 07 1941) | Death | Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (born in 1854) | James Frazer Quotes |
| May 7th, 1940 (May 07 1940) | Birth | Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (died in 1992) | Angela Carter Quotes |
| May 7th, 1940 (May 07 1940) | Birth | Jim Connors, Legendary Radio personality (died in 1987) | |
| May 7th, 1940 (May 07 1940) | Death | George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (born in 1859) | George Ade Quotes |
| May 7th, 1939 (May 07 1939) | Birth | Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate | |
| May 7th, 1939 (May 07 1939) | Birth | Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
| May 7th, 1939 (May 07 1939) | Birth | Johnny Maestro, American pop singer | |
| May 7th, 1939 (May 07 1939) | Birth | Jimmy Ruffin, American singer | |
| May 7th, 1939 (May 07 1939) | Birth | Ruggero Deodato, Italian film director, actor and screen writer | |
| May 7th, 1937 (May 07 1937) | Event | Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco s forces. | |
| May 7th, 1937 (May 07 1937) | Birth | Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player | |
| May 7th, 1935 (May 07 1935) | Birth | Isobel Warren, Canadian author | |
| May 7th, 1933 (May 07 1933) | Birth | Johnny Unitas, American football player (died in 2002) | |
| May 7th, 1933 (May 07 1933) | Birth | Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer | |
| May 7th, 1932 (May 07 1932) | Birth | Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico | |
| May 7th, 1931 (May 07 1931) | Birth | Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (died in 2007) | |
| May 7th, 1930 (May 07 1930) | Birth | Totie Fields, American comedienne (died in 1978) | |
| May 7th, 1929 (May 07 1929) | Birth | Babe Parilli, American football player | |
| May 7th, 1929 (May 07 1929) | Birth | Dick Williams, American baseball player, manager and coach | |
| May 7th, 1927 (May 07 1927) | Event | Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal. | |
| May 7th, 1927 (May 07 1927) | Birth | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter | |
| May 7th, 1927 (May 07 1927) | Birth | Jim Lowe, American singer | |
| May 7th, 1925 (May 07 1925) | Death | William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (born in 1851) | |
| May 7th, 1924 (May 07 1924) | Birth | Albert Band, American film director (died in 2002) | |
| May 7th, 1923 (May 07 1923) | Birth | Anne Baxter, American actress (died in 1985) | |
| May 7th, 1922 (May 07 1922) | Birth | Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (died in 2006) | |
| May 7th, 1922 (May 07 1922) | Birth | Darren McGavin, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| May 7th, 1922 (May 07 1922) | Birth | Joe O Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (died in 2007) | |
| May 7th, 1922 (May 07 1922) | Death | Max Wagenknecht, German composer (born in 1857) | |
| May 7th, 1920 (May 07 1920) | Event | Kiev Offensive (1920): Polish troops led by Jozef Pilsudski and Edward Rydz-Smigly and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later. | |
| May 7th, 1920 (May 07 1920) | Event | Treaty of Moscow (1920): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later. | |
| May 7th, 1919 (May 07 1919) | Birth | Eva Peron, Argentine first lady (died in 1952) | |
| May 7th, 1917 (May 07 1917) | Birth | David Tomlinson, English film actor (died in 2000) | |
| May 7th, 1916 (May 07 1916) | Birth | Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (died in 1986) | |
| May 7th, 1915 (May 07 1915) | Event | World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. | |
| May 7th, 1914 (May 07 1914) | Birth | Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (died in 1996) | |
| May 7th, 1911 (May 07 1911) | Birth | Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (died in 1993) | |
| May 7th, 1909 (May 07 1909) | Birth | Edwin H. Land, American inventor (died in 1991) | |
| May 7th, 1901 (May 07 1901) | Birth | Gary Cooper, American actor (died in 1961) | |
| May 7th, 1896 (May 07 1896) | Birth | Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (died in 1982) | |
| May 7th, 1896 (May 07 1896) | Death | H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (born in 1861) | |
| May 7th, 1895 (May 07 1895) | Event | In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his inventionthe world s first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day. | |
| May 7th, 1893 (May 07 1893) | Birth | Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (died in 1985) | |
| May 7th, 1892 (May 07 1892) | Birth | Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (died in 1982) | Archibald MacLeish Quotes |
| May 7th, 1892 (May 07 1892) | Birth | Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (died in 1980) | Josip Broz Tito Quotes |
| May 7th, 1891 (May 07 1891) | Birth | Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (died in 1988) | |
| May 7th, 1887 (May 07 1887) | Death | C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (born in 1811) | |
| May 7th, 1885 (May 07 1885) | Birth | George Gabby Hayes, American actor (died in 1969) | |
| May 7th, 1882 (May 07 1882) | Birth | Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (died in 1960) | |
| May 7th, 1876 (May 07 1876) | Death | William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (born in 1795) | |
| May 7th, 1868 (May 07 1868) | Death | Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born in 1778) | Henry Brougham Quotes |
| May 7th, 1867 (May 07 1867) | Birth | Wladyslaw Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1925) | |
| May 7th, 1864 (May 07 1864) | Event | American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| May 7th, 1861 (May 07 1861) | Birth | Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1941) | Rabindranath Tagore Quotes |
| May 7th, 1857 (May 07 1857) | Birth | William A. MacCorkle, American politician (died in 1930) | |
| May 7th, 1847 (May 07 1847) | Event | The American Medical Association (AMA) is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| May 7th, 1847 (May 07 1847) | Birth | Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1929) | |
| May 7th, 1840 (May 07 1840) | Event | The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history. | |
| May 7th, 1840 (May 07 1840) | Birth | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (died in 1893) | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quotes |
| May 7th, 1840 (May 07 1840) | Death | Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (born in 1774) | |
| May 7th, 1836 (May 07 1836) | Event | The settlement of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain. | |
| May 7th, 1833 (May 07 1833) | Birth | Johannes Brahms, German composer (died in 1897) | |
| May 7th, 1832 (May 07 1832) | Event | The independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. | |
| May 7th, 1825 (May 07 1825) | Death | Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (born in 1750) | |
| May 7th, 1824 (May 07 1824) | Event | World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the deaf composer s supervision. | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
| May 7th, 1812 (May 07 1812) | Birth | Robert Browning, English poet (died in 1889) | Robert Browning Quotes |
| May 7th, 1805 (May 07 1805) | Death | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1737) | William King Quotes |
| May 7th, 1800 (May 07 1800) | Death | Niccola Piccinni, Italian composer (born in 1728) | |
| May 7th, 1793 (May 07 1793) | Death | Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (born in 1722) | |
| May 7th, 1787 (May 07 1787) | Birth | Jacques Viger, French Canadian politician, first mayor of Montreal (died in 1858) | |
| May 7th, 1774 (May 07 1774) | Birth | William Bainbridge, American Commodore (died in 1833) | |
| May 7th, 1767 (May 07 1767) | Birth | Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (died in 1820) | |
| May 7th, 1763 (May 07 1763) | Event | Indian Wars: Pontiac s Rebellion beginsChief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit. | |
| May 7th, 1763 (May 07 1763) | Birth | Jozef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (died in 1813) | |
| May 7th, 1748 (May 07 1748) | Birth | Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (died in 1793) | |
| May 7th, 1740 (May 07 1740) | Birth | Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (died in 1814) | |
| May 7th, 1724 (May 07 1724) | Birth | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (died in 1797) | |
| May 7th, 1718 (May 07 1718) | Death | Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (born in 1658) | |
| May 7th, 1700 (May 07 1700) | Birth | Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (died in 1772) | |
| May 7th, 1697 (May 07 1697) | Event | Stockholm s royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced by the current Royal Palace). | |
| May 7th, 1682 (May 07 1682) | Death | Tsar Feodor III of Russia (born in 1661) | |
| May 7th, 1667 (May 07 1667) | Death | Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (born in 1616) | |
| May 7th, 1664 (May 07 1664) | Event | Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles. | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| May 7th, 1643 (May 07 1643) | Birth | Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (died in 1700) | |
| May 7th, 1617 (May 07 1617) | Death | David Fabricius, German astronomer (born in 1564) | |
| May 7th, 1615 (May 07 1615) | Death | Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (born in 1567) | |
| May 7th, 1539 (May 07 1539) | Death | Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (born in 1469) | |
| May 7th, 1539 (May 07 1539) | Death | Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (born in 1466) | |
| May 7th, 1530 (May 07 1530) | Birth | Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Conde, French Huguenot general (died in 1569) | |
| May 7th, 1523 (May 07 1523) | Death | Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (born in 1481) | |
| May 7th, 1429 (May 07 1429) | Event | Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orleans, 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. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| May 7th, 1427 (May 07 1427) | Death | Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman | |
| May 7th, 1328 (May 07 1328) | Birth | Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (died in 1365) | |
| May 7th, 1274 (May 07 1274) | Event | In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope. | |
| May 7th, 1092 (May 07 1092) | Death | Remigius de Fecamp, first bishop of Lincoln (born in unknown) | |
| May 7th, 0973 (May 07 0973) | Death | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 912) | |
| May 7th, 0558 (May 07 0558) | Event | In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. | |
