Historical Events In May - 07

1943  US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia on this day in history.  

1943  On May - 07 uS first Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia  

1944  German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia on May - 07.  

1944  HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed on May - 07.  

1945  Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history formal undertaking of complete German surrender  

1945  On May - 07 german General Keitel repeats surrender signing in Berlin for the benefit of the Russians; WWII ends in Europe  

1945  Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reheime, France (to take effect the next day), ending the European theatre of WWII on May - 07.  

1945  Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history nazi Generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender  

1945  Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands on this day in history.  

1945  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano) on May - 07.  

1945  SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 on May - 07.  

1946  William H Hastie inaugurated as first black governor of Virgin Islands on May - 07.  

1946  On May - 07 william H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands  

1946  Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed on May - 07.  

1947  On this day in history "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC  

1947  General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution on May - 07.  

1947  On this day in history paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt  

1948  Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history international Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics  

1951  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)  

1951  On this day in history warner Baxter, dies at 62  

1953  "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances on this day in history.  

1953  Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile on May - 07.  

1953  Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies on May - 07.  

1954  French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu on this day in history.  

1954  US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO on May - 07.  

1955  On May - 07 uSSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain  

1955  On May - 07 west Europe Union established  

1956  Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 on May - 07.  

1956  Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett on May - 07.  

1958  Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters on May - 07.  

1958  Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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1328  On this day in history 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 May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)  

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

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  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  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  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on this day in history.  

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on May - 07.  

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42  

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)