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May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in Leap Year s). There are 238 days remaining.
Events
- 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).
- begins - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit .
- 1824 - World premiere of Ludwig Van Beethoven 's 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 . Otto Of Wittelsbach, Prince Of Bavaria is chosen 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.
- , 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 .
- Submarine U-20 sinks the RMS ''Lusitania'' , killing 1,198 people.
- - Ukrainian troops capture Kyiv during the Kiev Offensive .
- Condor Legion , equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Franco 's forces.
- 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 .
- 1952 - The concept for the Integrated Circuit , the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer .
- ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13 ).
- - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American 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 German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
- 1992 - 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.
- 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 - , three 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.
- 2006 - '' Rolling Stone '' Magazine publishes its 1000th cover issue.
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 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 laureate (d. 1941 )
- 1867 - Władysław Reymont , Polish writer, 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 (d. 2006 )
- 1923 - Anne Baxter , American actress (d. 1985 )
- 1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , German screenwriter
- 1929 - Babe Parilli , former NFL football player
- 1930 - Totie Fields , American comedienne (d. 1978 )
- 1931 - Teresa Brewer , American singer
- 1933 - Johnny Unitas , American football player (d. 2002 )
- 1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha , Albanian singer and actress from Kosova
- 1939 - Sidney Altman , Canadian-born chemist, 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 Throw er
- 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 )
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
External links
May 6 - May 8 - April 7 - June 7 -- Listing Of All Days
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