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  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 May - 07.  

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  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1963  Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion on May - 07.  

1963  SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1  

1967  Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 on May - 07.  

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

1969  On this day in history 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  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.  

1971  On May - 07 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 this day in history uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair  

1974  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)  

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on May - 07.  

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  On May - 07 josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried  

1980  Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79  

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  On May - 07 august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups  

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on May - 07.  

1984  On this day in history $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit  

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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.  

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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.