Historical Events In May - 07

1887  On May - 07 henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)  

1888  On May - 07 george Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"  

1888  On May - 07 edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris  

1890  On this day in history billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I)  

1891  On this day in history battle in Bunyoro Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed  

1891  Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed on this day in history.  

1891  On May - 07 battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed  

1892  On this day in history archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)  

1895  In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention on May - 07.  

1897  On May - 07 kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)  

1898  On May - 07 vera Chapman, writer  

1900  Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur) on May - 07.  

1900  On May - 07 richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81  

1901  The birth of Gary Cooper, American film actor on this day in history.  

1901  On May - 07 gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)  

1902  On May - 07 soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000  

1902  Sal Gliatto, baseball player on this day in history.  

1903  On May - 07 basil Nield, judge/politician  

1904  Flexible Flyer trademark registered on May - 07.  

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on May - 07.  

1907  On May - 07 charles Collier wins first Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph)  

1907  Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history jef van Durme, composer  

1908  On this day in history ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)  

1909  Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) on May - 07.  

1909  On this day in history edwin H Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))  

1910  On May - 07 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6  

1911  On this day in history large demonstrations held in New York, demanding women's right to vote  

1912  On May - 07 columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer  

1912  On May - 07 paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist  

1913  British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote on May - 07.  

1914  On this day in history uS Congress establishes mother's day  

1914  On this day in history woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in the White House  

1914  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87  

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

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots  

1574  On this day in history birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)  

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.  

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)  

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 May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60  

1092  On May - 07 death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)  

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)  

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on May - 07.  

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

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on May - 07.  

1539  On May - 07 death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)