Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR on this day in history.   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 07 michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

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 this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 on May - 07.   

1963  Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion on May - 07.   

1963  On this day in history sETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))   

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

1967  On May - 07 judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

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

1969  On this day in history lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA   

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

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.   

1971  On May - 07 willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83   

1973  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)   

1973  On this day in history uS President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair   

1974  Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) on this day in history.   

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

1975  On May - 07 small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  On this day in history irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73   

1980  On this day in history josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried   

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

1981  On May - 07 mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79   

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

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history alfred Adam, dies at 72   

1983  August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups on May - 07.   

1983  On May - 07 peter Edel, writer, dies   

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

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  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  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on May - 07.   

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.   

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

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 07 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)