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  • 1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
  • 1906 Advertisement for Nobel's Dynamite in the German newspaper "Deutsch-Südwestafrikanische Zeitung"

    Nobel's Dynamite

    1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents he receives for the explosive material
  • 1912 Columbia University approves plans to award the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after establishment by Joseph Pulitzer
  • Alfred Vanderbilt – ‘a loving and caring man’

    Hero Millionaire Saves Lusitania Children

    1915 RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
  • German commander Wilhelm Keitel signs the final unconditional surrender of Germany in the ruins of Berlin

    Nazi Germany Surrenders

    1945 German Third Reich General Alfred Jodl signs documents of surrender to the Allies at Reims, France; Soviet Union refuses to recognize it
  • 1952 The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer
  • 2017 Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election, defeating Marine Le Pen
More May 7 Events
  • 2017 "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" becomes the highest-grossing Indian box office film ever, earning $120 million
  • 1824 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, with libretto by poet Friedrich von Schiller, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
  • 1992 Champion Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. retires after winning 7,057 thoroughbred horse races

First printed copies of "Poems" by Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Brontë are received, published under the pseudonyms Acton, Currer, and Ellis Bell (two copies sold)

May 7, 1846

  • David Hume

    1711 - 1776

  • Olympe de Gouges

    1748 - 1793

  • Robert Browning

    1812 - 1889

  • Rabindranath Tagore

    1861 - 1941

  • Josip Broz Tito

    1892 - 1980

  • Edwin Land

    1909 - 1991
More Birthdays on May 7

  • Gary Cooper

    1901 - 1961

  • Eva Perón

    1919 - 1952

  • Tim Russert

    1950 - 2008

  • MrBeast

    27 Years Old

  • Johannes Brahms

    1833 - 1897

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    1840 - 1893

  • Johnny Unitas

    1933 - 2002

Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth

May 7, 2012

  • 1883 US Senator Albert B. Fall (21) weds Emma Garland Morgan in Clarksville, Texas
  • 1914 28th US President Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in The White House
  • 1950 American actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds American actress Cynthia Stone (24); divorce in 1956
More May 7 Weddings

  • Antonio Salieri

    1750 - 1825

  • H. H. Holmes

    1861 - 1896

  • Craig Wood

    1901 - 1968

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    1909 - 2000

  • Seattle Slew

    1974 - 2002

  • Seve Ballesteros

    1957 - 2011
More May 7 Deaths
  • The first Transcontinental Railroad is finished at last!

    Weekly Quiz for May 6 - 12

    Test your knowledge of historical events in our multi-choice weekly history quiz for May 6 - 12. Number 8 will leave you truly stumped then amazed!
  • Mongolian Emperor and Founder of the Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan

    Weekly Quiz for May 4 - 10

    Who was Mongol ruler Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan? What was the UK code-breaking center during World War II? Which country 1st legalized a birth control pill?
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  • Tunnel diggers from France and England meet half way. Photo: Rex Features

    Latest Wonder of the World

    May 6, 1994
  • Clifton Suspension Bridge – a well-known suicide venue

    Suicide Woman Floats To Safety

    May 8, 1885
  • A contemporary painting of Sir Joseph Paxton at work

    Gardener Grows Into Architectural Legend

    May 9, 1826
  • Thomas Blood – from villain to King's confidante

    Botched Crown Jewels Theft Pays Off

    May 9, 1671
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