Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  On May - 07 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances   

1960  On May - 07 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances   

1960  On May - 07 leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on May - 07.   

1962  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)   

1962  On May - 07 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  On May - 07 sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

1966  Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 on May - 07.   

1967  On this day in history judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on May - 07.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 07 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.   

1971  On May - 07 willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on May - 07.   

1973  US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair on May - 07.   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on May - 07.   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on May - 07.   

1975  On this day in history small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  On May - 07 irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73   

1980  On this day in history josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried   

1980  On May - 07 samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC   

1981  On May - 07 mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  On this day in history iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on May - 07.   

1983  On this day in history august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on May - 07.   

1984  $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on May - 07.   

1984  On this day in history in Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area   

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

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 May - 07.   

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

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

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

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 May - 07.   

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

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 this day in history.