Historical Events In May - 07

1960  "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 07 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances   

1960  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on May - 07.   

1960  Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 07 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

1962  Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) on May - 07.   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on May - 07.   

1963  On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  On this day in history sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

1966  On May - 07 mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1   

1967  Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on May - 07.   

1969  On this day in history lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1970  On this day in history "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release   

1970  On May - 07 carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

1971  On this day in history willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on May - 07.   

1973  On this day in history uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on this day in history.   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on May - 07.   

1975  On this day in history small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1980  Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried on this day in history.   

1980  Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC on May - 07.   

1981  On this day in history mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  On May - 07 iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on May - 07.   

1983  On this day in history august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on May - 07.   

1984  $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on this day in history.   

1984  In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area on this day in history.   

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1328  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1740  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)   

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

0973  On this day in history otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on May - 07.   

1205  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)