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 this day in history 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 May - 07 michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship  

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on this day in history.  

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 07.  

1962  On May - 07 jimmy Conlin, dies at 77  

1963  On May - 07 bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion  

Advertisements

1963  On May - 07 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 May - 07 judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54  

1968  On May - 07 lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41  

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 May - 07.  

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1973  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)  

1973  On May - 07 uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair  

1974  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)  

1975  On May - 07 president Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"  

1975  Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

1982  On May - 07 iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1  

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 07.  

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit  

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  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1328  On May - 07 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  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 07.  

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

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

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

1205  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

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.