May 7th Events |
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| May 7th, 2007 (May 07 2007) | Event | The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered. | |
| May 7th, 2002 (May 07 2002) | Event | A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. | |
| 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, 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, 1974 (May 07 1974) | Event | West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns. | Willy Brandt Quotes |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1927 (May 07 1927) | Event | Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1847 (May 07 1847) | Event | The American Medical Association (AMA) is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1664 (May 07 1664) | Event | Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles. | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| 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, 1274 (May 07 1274) | Event | In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope. | |
| May 7th, 0558 (May 07 0558) | Event | In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. | |
