Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.
1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on May - 07.
1960 On May - 07 leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR
1960 On this day in history leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
1960 On this day in history michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship
1960 On May - 07 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on May - 07.
1963 On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion
1963 On this day in history sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
1966 On this day in history mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
1967 Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.
1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on this day in history.
1969 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.
1970 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release on this day in history.
1970 On May - 07 carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1971 On May - 07 willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
1973 On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)
1973 US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair on May - 07.
1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on this day in history.
1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on May - 07.
1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays on May - 07.
1977 Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on May - 07.
1980 On May - 07 josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried
1980 On May - 07 samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC
1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.
1982 On this day in history iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
1982 On May - 07 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 On May - 07 alfred Adam, dies at 72
1983 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups on this day in history.
1983 Peter Edel, writer, dies on this day in history.
1984 $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on May - 07.
1984 In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area on May - 07.
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