Historical Events In May - 07

1960  On May - 07 "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 this day in history.  

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on May - 07.  

1960  On this day in history michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship  

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  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.  

1962  On May - 07 jimmy Conlin, dies at 77  

1963  Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))  

1966  On May - 07 mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1  

1967  On May - 07 judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54  

1968  On this day in history 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  "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1975  On this day in history 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 May - 07 irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73  

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

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

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

1982  On this day in history iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1  

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history alfred Adam, dies at 72  

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  

« 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1704  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)  

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.  

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.  

0973  On May - 07 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 this day in history.  

1166  On this day in history 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.