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

1934  Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal on May - 07.  

1934  On this day in history 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  Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th) on May - 07.  

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 this day in history cornelius Cardew, composer  

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

1939  Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted) on this day in history.  

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

1940  On May - 07 winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain  

1941  On May - 07 british House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)  

1941  On this day in history cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid  

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

1941  David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history british 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia  

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

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 May - 07.  

1943  Tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces on May - 07.  

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

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1740  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)  

0685  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman  

1523  On this day in history 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.