Page 6: Historical Events In May - 07

1931  On May - 07 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 May - 07 hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)   

1932  On May - 07 albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies   

1933  Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats on this day in history.   

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

1934  Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region on this day in history.   

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

1934  World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines on May - 07.   

1934  Neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal on this day in history.   

1934  Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67   

1935  Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects) on May - 07.   

1936  Cornelius Cardew, composer on May - 07.   

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

1938  On May - 07 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  On this day in history germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis   

1939  On this day in history jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)   

1940  The Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles on this day in history.   

1940  Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain on May - 07.   

1941  British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 07 david Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies   

1942  Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion on May - 07.   

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

1943  Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched on May - 07.   

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

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.   

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

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

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

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.