Page 6: Historical Events In May - 07

1931  Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete) on this day in history.   

1932  58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2 on May - 07.   

1932  On May - 07 hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)   

1932  Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies on May - 07.   

1933  On this day in history johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats   

1934  Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal on this day in history.   

1934  Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)   

1934  On this day in history world's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines   

1934  On this day in history neth Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal   

1934  On this day in history ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)   

1934  Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1935  Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects) on May - 07.   

1936  Cornelius Cardew, composer on this day in history.   

1937  Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player on this day in history.   

1938  Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" on this day in history.   

1938  64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8 on this day in history.   

1938  Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis   

1939  On this day in history jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)   

1940  On May - 07 the Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles.   

1940  On this day in history winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain   

1941  British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) on May - 07.   

1941  Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid on this day in history.   

1941  Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history david Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies   

1942  On this day in history battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion   

1942  Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed on this day in history.   

1942  Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1943  On May - 07 british 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia   

1943  Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps on May - 07.   

1943  On this day in history liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched   

1943  On May - 07 navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker   

1943  On this day in history tunis, in North Africa, captured by WW2 Allied forces   

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1328  On May - 07 birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  On this day in history 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  On this day in history otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.   

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.