Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on May - 07.   

1960  "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on this day in history.   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR on May - 07.   

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 May - 07.   

1960  USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on this day in history.   

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  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on May - 07.   

1963  On May - 07 bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  On May - 07 sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

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  "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 07 carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60   

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  On May - 07 uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on May - 07.   

1975  On this day in history president Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"   

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

1982  IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  Alfred Adam, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history peter Edel, writer, dies   

1984  $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on May - 07.   

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

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

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on May - 07.   

1574  On this day in history birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

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

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.   

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

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.   

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

0973  On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

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

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

1523  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)