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Birthday May 07, 1774 Sir Francis Beaufort, naval officer who devised scale of wind force |
Birthday May 07, 1812 Robert Browning, English poet |
Birthday May 07, 1812 Robert Browning is born |
Birthday May 07, 1833 Johannes Brahms, enjoys a good lullaby |
Birthday May 07, 1840 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) |
Birthday May 07, 1847 Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British P.M. (1894-95) |
Birthday May 07, 1892 Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80) |
Birthday May 07, 1901 Gary Cooper born |
Birthday May 07, 1901 Gary Cooper is born |
Birthday May 07, 1901 Gary Cooper, Actor (High Noon, The Plainsman) |
Birthday May 07, 1909 Edwin Land, founded instant photography (Polaroid) |
Birthday May 07, 1919 Eva Per¢n, Argentine 1st lady |
Birthday May 07, 1922 Darren McGavin, Actor (Night Stalker) |
Birthday May 07, 1923 Anne Baxter, Mich (Razor's Edge, All About Eve) |
Birthday May 07, 1926 Val Bisoglio, Actor |
Birthday May 07, 1931 Teresa Brewer, in Toledo Oh - Put another nickel it |
Birthday May 07, 1932 Pete Domeneci, (R), NM sen |
Birthday May 07, 1933 Johnny Unitas, NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego) |
Birthday May 07, 1944 Sivi Aberg |
Birthday May 07, 1945 Robin Strasser, in NYC |
Birthday May 07, 1951 Janis Ian (Fink), in NYC |
History May 07, 1429 English siege of Orl‚ans broken by Joan of Arc |
History May 07, 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion begins |
History May 07, 1763 Pontiac's plot is foiled |
History May 07, 1789 George Washington attends inaugural ball |
History May 07, 1792 Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) |
History May 07, 1800 Indiana Territory organized |
History May 07, 1824 Beethoven's 9th Symphony performed for 1st time |
History May 07, 1864 Grant leaves the Wilderness for Spotsylvania |
History May 07, 1896 A serial killer is hanged |
History May 07, 1902 Volcanic eruption buries Caribbean city |
History May 07, 1915 Lusitania sinks |
History May 07, 1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost |
History May 07, 1915 German submarine sinks Lusitania |
History May 07, 1927 SF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated |
History May 07, 1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan - Philippines |
History May 07, 1941 Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid |
History May 07, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims |
History May 07, 1945 Nazis surrender to Gen Eisenhower at Reims - France |
History May 07, 1947 Kraft Television Theater premiers |
History May 07, 1954 French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu |
History May 07, 1954 French defeated at Dien Bien Phu |
History May 07, 1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dienbienphu |
History May 07, 1959 93 -103 largest baseball crowd (LA Coliseum) see Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees in exhibition 6-2 |
History May 07, 1960 Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR |
History May 07, 1963 Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6 -700 miles) |
History May 07, 1965 Satisfaction comes to Keith Richards |
History May 07, 1966 Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene |
History May 07, 1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Semi Finals- Flyers hold 3-1 lead |
History May 07, 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 8 - Wales Conf Championship- Isles win series 4-2 |
History May 07, 1995 Reggie Miller leads Pacers to victory over Knicks |
History May 07, 1998 Daimler-Benz announces purchase of Chrysler Corp. |