Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  On this day in history "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  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 May - 07.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1963  Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion on May - 07.   

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  On May - 07 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 May - 07 lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA   

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

1970  On this day in history carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

1971  On this day in history willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83   

1973  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)   

1973  On this day in history uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on this day in history.   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on this day in history.   

1975  Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays on May - 07.   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 07 josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried   

1980  Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC on May - 07.   

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1982  IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 on this day in history.   

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 May - 07 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  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on May - 07.   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on this day in history.   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on May - 07.   

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  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

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

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on May - 07.   

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on May - 07.   

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.