Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

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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1328  On May - 07 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  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on May - 07.   

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on May - 07.   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.   

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on this day in history.   

1427  On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

1523  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

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