Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history "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  On May - 07 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

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

1962  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 May - 07.   

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 May - 07.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 07 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on May - 07.   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on May - 07.   

1973  On this day in history uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on May - 07.   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  On this day in history irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73   

1980  Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried on this day in history.   

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  IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

1983  On May - 07 peter Edel, writer, dies   

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

1984  In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area on this day in history.   

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

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

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  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on May - 07.   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on May - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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.