Notable Historical Events on May 7th
May 7th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
558 |
In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. |
1274 |
2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens |
1355 |
1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara |
1416 |
Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay |
1429 |
English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army |
1579 |
Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands |
1624 |
Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru |
1638 |
Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) |
1660 |
Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni |
1663 |
Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens |
1664 |
Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles. |
1697 |
Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced by the current Royal Palace). |
1700 |
William Penn began monthly meetings for blacks advocating emancipation |
1718 |
The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville . |
1727 |
Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia |
1748 |
French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession |
1765 |
HMS Victory (Admiral Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, 40 years later) launched |
1771 |
Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada |
1775 |
Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria |
1789 |
First US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC) |
1792 |
Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) |
1800 |
Indiana Territory organized |
1824 |
Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna |
1832 |
Greece becomes independent |
1832 |
Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece |
1836 |
The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain. |
1840 |
Tornado strikes Natchez, Miss, kills 317 |
1847 |
American Medical Association organizes (Phila) |
1848 |
Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia |
1856 |
Argentina & Brazil sign a navigation pact |
1861 |
Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN |
1862 |
Battle of West Point, VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville) |
1862 |
Much of Enschede, Netherlands, destroyed by fire |
1864 |
Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) |
1864 |
Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) |
1866 |
German premier Otto Von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassination attempt |
1867 |
Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans |
1873 |
US marines attack Panama |
1875 |
German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed |
1877 |
Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory |
1885 |
John E W Thompson named US minister to Haiti |
1888 |
Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris |
1888 |
George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" |
1891 |
Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed |
1895 |
In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day. |
1902 |
Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000 |
1904 |
Flexible Flyer trademark registered |
1907 |
Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) |
1908 |
Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire |
1909 |
Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) |
1910 |
35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6 |
1912 |
Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer |
1913 |
British House of Commons rejects women's right to vote |
1913 |
An ambassadorial conference in St Petersburg, Russia, awards the town of Silistria to Rumania in compensation for Bulgaria's other territorial gains in the First Balkan War |
1914 |
US Congress establishes mother's day |
1915 |
SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost |
1917 |
Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 |
1920 |
USSR recognizes Georgia's independence |
1921 |
47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2 |
1922 |
Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 |
1922 |
NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0 |
1923 |
Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad |
1924 |
Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana |
1925 |
Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row |
1925 |
Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play |
1927 |
SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated |
1927 |
Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal. |
1928 |
The United Kingdom lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 |
1928 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey) |
1930 |
Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins |
1932 |
58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2 |
1934 |
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands opens Juliana Canal |
1934 |
Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region |
1934 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) |
1934 |
World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines |
1938 |
64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8 |
1938 |
Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" |
1939 |
Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis |
1941 |
British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) |
1941 |
Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid |
1941 |
Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA |
1942 |
Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion |
1942 |
Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed |
1943 |
British 11th Hussars occupy Tunis |
1943 |
Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps |
1943 |
Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched |
1943 |
US 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville, Tunisia |
1943 |
US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert, Tunisia |
1944 |
German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia |
1945 |
Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League |
1945 |
WWII: British troops enter Utrecht, Netherlands |
1945 |
WWII: unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims |
1945 |
Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated |
1945 |
Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth |
1945 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano) |
1945 |
SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 |
1946 |
William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands |
1946 |
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. |
1947 |
"Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC |
1947 |
General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution |
1947 |
Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt |
1948 |
Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death |
1949 |
75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2 |
1951 |
Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics |
1951 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town) |
1952 |
The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer. |
1953 |
"Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances |
1953 |
Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile |
1954 |
French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu |
1954 |
US, Great Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO |
1955 |
81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8 |
1955 |
USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great Britain |
1955 |
West European Union established |
1956 |
Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 |
1956 |
NY Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat |
1956 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett |
1957 |
Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald |
1958 |
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m |
1959 |
"Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition |
1960 |
"Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances |
1960 |
"Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 perfs |
1960 |
"From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances |
1960 |
86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4 |
1960 |
Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery |
1960 |
LA Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry |
1960 |
Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as pres of USSR |
1960 |
Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship |
1960 |
USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy |
1961 |
"Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 perfs |
1961 |
Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open |
1962 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) |
1962 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
1963 |
Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ |
1963 |
SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) |
1965 |
WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1966 |
92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02 |
1966 |
Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 |
1966 |
Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene |
1967 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open |
1969 |
2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1 |
1969 |
Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA |
1970 |
"Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release |
1972 |
26th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1 |
1972 |
Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic |
1973 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) |
1974 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) |
1975 |
Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead |
1975 |
Pres Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" |
1975 |
Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays |
1977 |
"Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances |
1977 |
103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2 |
1979 |
5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila |
1979 |
Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) |
1980 |
Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried |
1980 |
Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC |
1982 |
"Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 perfs |
1982 |
Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing |
1982 |
IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 |
1982 |
Oakland Raiders to move to LA |
1982 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1983 |
109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2 |
1983 |
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups |
1983 |
Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2 |
1984 |
$180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit |
1984 |
Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic |
1986 |
Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I |
1986 |
Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires |
1986 |
Iraq bombs a Tehran oil refiner |
1987 |
105°F in Sacramento, CA |
1987 |
Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers |
1988 |
114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2 |
1988 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
1989 |
Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic |
1989 |
Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet |
1989 |
Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency |
1991 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1991 |
Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs |
1992 |
5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge, Long Island, for selling cocaine |
1992 |
Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes |
1992 |
Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races |
1992 |
US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) |
1993 |
South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections |
1994 |
120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6 |
1994 |
Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle) |
1994 |
Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen |
1995 |
"On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs |
1995 |
Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election |
1995 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
1995 |
Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours & 36 minutes |
1996 |
Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown |
1997 |
Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants |
1997 |
Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8) |
1998 |
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. |
1999 |
Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. |
1999 |
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. |
1999 |
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. |
1999 |
A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode. Schmitz later killed Amedure and the jury awarded Amedure's family $25 million USD. |
2002 |
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. |
2007 |
The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered. |
2011 |
137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04 |
2012 |
NATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province |
2012 |
Vladimir Putin sworn in for third six year term as President of Russia |
2012 |
Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth |
2013 |
55 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Nigeria |
2013 |
The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 set record highs |
2013 |
4 people are killed after the Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines |
2013 |
20 people are killed and 36 are injured after a gas tanker explodes in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico |
2013 |
8 people are killed and a dozen are injured after bear attacks in Orissa, India |
2013 |
Jolly Nero, an Italian cargo ship, crashes into the port of Genoa, killing seven people |
2013 |
Delaware becomes the 11th US State to legalize same-sex marriage |
2016 |
Bus Driver's Son Sadiq Khan Becomes 1st Muslim London Mayor |
2016 |
Russia says truce extended for 72 hours in Aleppo, Latakia |
2016 |
Former presidential rival Jeb Bush says he will not vote for Trump |
2016 |
Wildfire continues to burn near Fort McMurray in Canada |
2016 |
Leicester City to hold parade on 16 May to celebrate title success |
2017 |
Always Dreaming wins Kentucky Derby on sloppy track |
2017 |
82 kidnapped Chibok girls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects: Nigerian presidency |
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