Historical Events In May - 07

1915  Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost on this day in history.  

1915  Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo on May - 07.  

1915  The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 on this day in history.  

1915  On May - 07 the liner 'Lusitania' is sunk by German forces off the Irish coast  

1915  Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania on this day in history.  

1917  On May - 07 red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0  

1917  On May - 07 david Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)  

1918  Argeliers Leon, composer on May - 07.  

1919  On May - 07 the birth of Marie Peron, Argentinian on who 'Evita' was based  

1919  On May - 07 eva (Evita) Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress  

1920  On May - 07 uSSR recognizes independence of Georgia  

1920  On this day in history uSSR recognizes Georgia's independence  

1921  On this day in history 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2  

1921  On this day in history gale Robbins, Chic, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)  

1922  Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands, 1-2 on May - 07.  

1922  Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 on this day in history.  

1922  Darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182) on May - 07.  

1923  Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad on May - 07.  

1923  On May - 07 the birth of Anne Baxter, American film actress  

1923  On May - 07 anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)  

1924  On May - 07 peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana  

1925  On May - 07 phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row  

1926  On this day in history val Bisoglio, NYC, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME)  

1927  San Fransisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated on this day in history.  

1927  On May - 07 sF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated  

1927  Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia" on May - 07.  

1928  On May - 07 england lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21  

1928  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)  

1928  John Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital) on May - 07.  

1928  On May - 07 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56  

1929  Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone  

1930  Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins on May - 07.  

1930  Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut on May - 07.  

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

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots  

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

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

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 this day in history birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)  

0685  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies  

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

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.  

1166  On May - 07 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  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42  

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on May - 07.