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What happend on 7. May in History
In our data base we found 293 events happened on 7. May:
• 351: The Jewish revolt against Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine. [category: Events]
• 558: In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt. [category: Events]
• 973: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912) [category: Deaths]
• 1092: Remigius de Fécamp, Benedictine monk, 1st bishop of Lincoln [category: Deaths]
• 1274: In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope. [category: Events]
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• 1328: Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365) [category: Births]
• 1427: Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman [category: Deaths]
• 1429: Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1523: Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (b. 1481) [category: Deaths]
• 1530: Louis, Prince of Condé, French general (d. 1569) [category: Births]
• 1539: Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Patriarch Nikon, 7th patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 1681) [category: Births]
• 1615: Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1617: David Fabricius, German astronomer (b. 1564) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) [category: Births]
• 1664: Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles. [category: Events]
• 1667: Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1682: Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced by the current Royal Palace in the eighteenth century. [category: Events]
• 1700: Gerard van Swieten, Dutch physician (d. 1772) [category: Births]
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• 1704: Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer and tenor (d. 1759) [category: Births]
• 1711: David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1718: Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. [category: Events]
• 1724: Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1740: Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1745: Carl Stamitz, German composer (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1748: Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1756: Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1763: Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1763: American Indian Wars: Pontiac's Rebellion begins – Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit. [category: Events]
• 1767: Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1774: William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833) [category: Births]
• 1787: Jacques Viger, Canadian politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1793: Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic. [category: Events]
• 1800: Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1824: World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision. [category: Events]
• 1825: Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: Varina Davis, American author, First Lady of the Confederate States of America (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1832: The independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. [category: Events]
• 1833: Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1836: Joseph Gurney Cannon, American politician (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1840: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1840: Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history. [category: Events]
• 1846: The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts [category: Events]
• 1847: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1847: The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1857: William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1860: Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1861: Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. [category: Events]
• 1867: Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1868: Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, English statesman, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: George E. Wiley, American racing cyclist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1882: Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1885: George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1887: C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1892: Archibald MacLeish, American poet, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1892: Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1893: Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1895: In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. [category: Events]
• 1896: H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Alfred Gerrard, British sculptor (d.1998) [category: Births]
• 1901: Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1909: Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1911: Ishirō Honda, Japanese director (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Pannalal Patel, Gujarati author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1914: Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire - Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China [category: Events]
• 1916: Huw Wheldon, English broadcaster and executive (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1919: Eva Perón, Argentine actress and First Lady, wife of Juan Perón (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1919: La Esterella, Flemish singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later. [category: Events]
• 1920: The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven. [category: Events]
• 1920: Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later. [category: Events]
• 1921: Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1921: Karl Mantzius, Danish theatre and film actor, theatre director and writer (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Lew Anderson, American actor and musician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1924: Albert Band, American director (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1925: William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Val Bisoglio, Italian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1927: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1928: John Ingle, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Babe Parilli, American football player [category: Births]
• 1929: Dick Williams, American baseball player, manager, and coach (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1930: Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1931: Gene Wolfe, American author [category: Births]
• 1931: Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Jordi Bonet, Catalan-Canadian painter, muralist, and sculptor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1932: Pete Domenici, American politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1933: Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Isobel Warren, Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1936: Bobby Joe Green, American football player (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1937: Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Ernst A. Lehmann, German zeppelin captain (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces. [category: Events]
• 1939: Jimmy Ruffin, American singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Johnny Maestro, American singer (Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ruggero Deodato, Italian director, actor, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1939: Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1939: Sidney Altman, Canadian biologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1940: Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1940: Jim Connors, American radio personality (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1940: Vasilis N. Triantafillidis, Greek comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1940: George Lansbury, English politician and editor (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later. [category: Events]
• 1941: Catherine P. Saxton, English-American public relations executive [category: Births]
• 1941: Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Japanese Imperial Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō. [category: Events]
• 1943: Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet [category: Births]
• 1943: Peter Carey, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1943: Terry Allen, American singer and painter [category: Births]
• 1944: Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1944: Richard O'Sullivan, English actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Planxty and Moving Hearts) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robin Strasser, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day. [category: Events]
• 1946: Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones The Dead, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, and BK3) [category: Births]
• 1946: Brian Turner, English chef [category: Births]
• 1946: Jerry Nolan, American drummer (The New York Dolls) (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1946: Marv Hubbard, American football player [category: Births]
• 1946: Michael Rosen, English poet [category: Births]
• 1946: Thelma Houston, American singer-songwriter and actress (Sisters of Glory) [category: Births]
• 1946: Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian politician (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees. [category: Events]
• 1948: Susan Atkins, American serial killer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1948: The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress. [category: Events]
• 1949: Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1949: Marilyn Cole, English model [category: Births]
• 1950: Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Tim Russert, American journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1951: Bernie Marsden, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord, and The Snakes) [category: Births]
• 1951: Robert Hegyes, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1951: Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer. [category: Events]
• 1953: Ian McKay, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1953: Pat McInally, American football player [category: Births]
• 1954: Amy Heckerling, American director [category: Births]
• 1954: Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1954: Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13). [category: Events]
• 1955: Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Ben Poquette, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Clément Gignac, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Kevin Reed, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1955: Peter Reckell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Anne Dudley, English composer [category: Births]
• 1956: Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1956: Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1956: Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Ned Bellamy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1958: Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist [category: Births]
• 1959: Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael E. Knight, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Adam Bernstein, American director [category: Births]
• 1960: Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist [category: Births]
• 1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. [category: Events]
• 1961: Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Phil Campbell, English guitarist and songwriter (Motörhead and Persian Risk) [category: Births]
• 1962: Dominik Moll, German-French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1962: Tony Campbell, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician and songwriter (Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra) [category: Births]
• 1964: Denis Mandarino, Brazilian composer, artist and writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Doug Benson, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Leslie O'Neal, American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Ronnie Harmon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger. [category: Events]
• 1965: Norman Whiteside, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1965: Reuben Davis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: Joe Rice, American politician [category: Births]
• 1967: Martin Bryant, Australian serial killer [category: Births]
• 1968: Lisa Raitt, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Traci Lords, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1969: Jun Falkenstein, American director [category: Births]
• 1969: Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1969: Rick Porras, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Horgh, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy, and Grimfist) [category: Births]
• 1971: Ivan Sergei, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1972: Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1973: Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter, composer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1974: Breckin Meyer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Ian Pearce, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns. [category: Events]
• 1975: Jason Tunks, Canadian discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1975: Martina Topley-Bird, English singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1975: Zee, American rapper and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1976: Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Calvin Booth, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL, first Medal of Honor recipient in the Afghanistan War [category: Births]
• 1977: Lisa Kelly, Irish singer (Celtic Woman) [category: Births]
• 1978: Brian Clevinger, American author [category: Births]
• 1978: Shawn Marion, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Stephanie Pohl, German volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Stian Arnesen, Norwegian musician and songwriter (The Kovenant, Dimmu Borgir, and Carpe Tenebrum) [category: Births]
• 1979: Katie Douglas, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1980: Kate Lawler, English model and DJ [category: Births]
• 1981: Tim Connolly, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: DJ Row, Greek-American DJ [category: Births]
• 1984: Alex Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Drew Stanton, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: James Loney, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: May7ven, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Dan Sweetman, Australian television host [category: Births]
• 1985: Drew Neitzel, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Mark Furze, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Matt Helders, English drummer (Arctic Monkeys and Mongrel) [category: Births]
• 1986: Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits. [category: Events]
• 1987: Asami Konno, Japanese singer (former member of Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1987: Jérémy Ménez, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1987: Serge Gakpé, Togolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Colin Blakely, English actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Natalie Mejia, American singer and dancer (Girlicious) [category: Births]
• 1989: Master Shortie, English singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer [category: Births]
• 1989: Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Yoon Bit-Garam, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Alexander Ludwig, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise. [category: Events]
• 1992: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission (STS-49). [category: Events]
• 1992: Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada. [category: Events]
• 1993: Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after having been stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February. [category: Events]
• 1995: Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Hatsuko Matsumoto, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1998: Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. [category: Events]
• 1999: Masaki Sato, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1999: In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor [category: Births]
• 2000: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. [category: Events]
• 2001: Destiny Whitlock, American actress [category: Births]
• 2001: Jacques de Bourbon Busset, French novelist, essayist, and politician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Seattle Slew, American racehorse (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. [category: Events]
• 2004: Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. [category: Events]
• 2005: Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Richard Carleton, Australian reporter (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 2009: Danny Ozark, American baseball coach and manager (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 2011: Allyson Hennessy, Trindadian journalist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Big George, English musician, composer, bandleader, and broadcaster (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jules Bocandé, Senegalese footballer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• _: Acacius of Byzantium [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flavia Domitilla [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John of Beverley [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stanislaus (Roman martyrology) [category: Holidays and observances]