Historical Events In May - 07

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

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

1933  Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats on May - 07.  

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

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

1934  Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) on May - 07.  

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  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  On this day in history kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)  

1936  On this day in history cornelius Cardew, composer  

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

1938  Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" on May - 07.  

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

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

1939  On May - 07 germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis  

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 May - 07 british House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)  

1941  Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid on May - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

1942  Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed on this day in history.  

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

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  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  Tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces on May - 07.  

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

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 07.  

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on May - 07.  

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  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 May - 07.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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