Historical Events In May - 07

1931  On this day in history gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)  

1932  On May - 07 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2  

1932  On this day in history hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)  

1932  Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies on May - 07.  

1933  On May - 07 johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats  

1934  On May - 07 netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal  

1934  On this day in history part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region  

1934  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)  

1934  World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal  

1934  On this day in history ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)  

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on May - 07.  

1935  On May - 07 kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)  

1936  Cornelius Cardew, composer on May - 07.  

1937  On this day in history claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player  

1938  On this day in history dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"  

1938  On this day in history 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8  

1938  Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956) on this day in history.  

1939  Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis on this day in history.  

1939  On May - 07 jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)  

1940  On May - 07 the Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles.  

1940  Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history british House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)  

1941  Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid on this day in history.  

1941  Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA on May - 07.  

1941  David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies on May - 07.  

1942  Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed  

1942  On May - 07 felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79  

1943  On May - 07 british 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia  

1943  On this day in history dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps  

1943  Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched on this day in history.  

1943  Navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker on May - 07.  

1943  Tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces on this day in history.  

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.  

1530  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.  

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

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on May - 07.  

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

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.  

1205  On May - 07 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 May - 07.  

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

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.