Historical Events In May - 07
Friday, 25 October 2024
1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on May - 07.
1960 On May - 07 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances
1960 Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR on May - 07.
1960 On this day in history leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
1960 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship on this day in history.
1960 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on this day in history.
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 Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
1970 On this day in history "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
1970 On May - 07 carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1973 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on this day in history.
1973 US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair on this day in history.
1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on May - 07.
1975 On May - 07 president Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
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 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried on May - 07.
1980 On May - 07 samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC
1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1982 IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 on May - 07.
1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 07.
1982 Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1983 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups on May - 07.
1983 On this day in history peter Edel, writer, dies
1984 $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on this day in history.
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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