Historical Events In May - 07

1960  "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.   

1960  "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on May - 07.   

1960  On May - 07 leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on May - 07.   

1960  Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship on this day in history.   

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on May - 07.   

1962  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)   

1962  On May - 07 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  On this day in history jimmy Conlin, dies at 77   

1963  On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1   

1967  Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 on this day in history.   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on May - 07.   

1973  Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) on this day in history.   

1973  US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair on May - 07.   

1974  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)   

1975  President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" on this day in history.   

1975  Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays on May - 07.   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on May - 07.   

1980  Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried on May - 07.   

1980  Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1982  IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 on May - 07.   

1982  On May - 07 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on May - 07.   

1983  On May - 07 august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

1983  Peter Edel, writer, dies on May - 07.   

1984  On this day in history $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit   

1984  In Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area on May - 07.   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on this day in history.   

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on this day in history.   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

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 May - 07.   

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on May - 07.   

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  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)