Historical Events In May - 07

1931  Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete) on May - 07.   

1932  58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2 on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies   

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 May - 07 part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region   

1934  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)   

1934  On this day in history world's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines   

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  Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects) on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 07 cornelius Cardew, composer   

1937  Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player on this day in history.   

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  On May - 07 johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)   

1939  Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis on May - 07.   

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

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

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

1941  On May - 07 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  On May - 07 glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA   

1941  On May - 07 david Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies   

1942  On May - 07 battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion   

1942  On May - 07 nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed   

1942  Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1943  British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia on this day in history.   

1943  Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps on May - 07.   

1943  On this day in history liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched   

1943  Navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 07 tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces   

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1328  On May - 07 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  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

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

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on May - 07.   

1166  On May - 07 death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

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 May - 07.   

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)