Historical Events In May - 07

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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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.   

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

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  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

0973  On May - 07 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  On May - 07 death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

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 May - 07.