| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 1924 | Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana | |||
| 07 May 1924 | Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897) | |||
| 07 May 1924 | Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002) | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 1949 | Marilyn Cole: Portsmouth, England -- Playmate of the year (Jan, 1972) | |||
| 07 May 1949 | Stuart Marshall: Director (Desire) | |||
| 07 May 1949 | 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2 | |||
| 07 May 1949 | Marilyn Cole, English model and journalist | |||
| 07 May 1949 | Deborah Butterfield, American sculptor | |||
| 07 May 1949 | Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996) | |||
| 07 May 1949 | WW2 | US Public Law 58-81 changed Henry Arnold's rank of General of the Army to General of the Air Force, making him the only man to hold five-star rank in two separate US military branches. | ||
| 07 May 1949 | birth Keith, (James Keefer), US singer, (1967 US No.7 and UK No.24 single '98.6'). | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 1974 | Scott Whittaker: Center / tackle (Oakland Raiders) | |||
| 07 May 1974 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) | |||
| 07 May 1974 | Ian Pearce, English footballer and manager | |||
| 07 May 1974 | Breckin Meyer, American actor and screenwriter | |||
| 07 May 1974 | Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter | |||
| 07 May 1974 | Led Zeppelin held a party at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City for the launch of their new label Swan Song. Other label signings including, Scottish singer Maggie Bell (whose album Suicide Sal was the labels fourth release), and British supergroup, Bad Company also attended. | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 1999 | Masaki Sato, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 2004 | Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956) | |||
| 07 May 2004 | A planning inquiry hearing Madonna's appeal to ban ramblers from parts of her £9m country estate heard details of the land's make-up. The pop star claimed 100 acres of land at the 1,200-acre Ashcombe House estate had been inaccurately classified as open country. Madonna was appealing against the classification in a hearing. Under the act, people would have the right to access any land registered on the final map as open country-mountain, moor, heath or down. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 2009 | Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) | |||
| 07 May 2009 | David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930) | |||
| 07 May 2009 | Mickey Carroll, American actor (b. 1919) | |||
| 07 May 2009 | Trina Johnson-Finn was in custody awaiting her trial in Suriname, South America, after being accused of trying to pass herself as singer Toni Braxton at a concert. The singer was booed off stage in Paramaribo in March and pelted with rubbish when a huge crowd realised she was not the award-winning artist. Ms Johnson-Finn's husband, Raymond Finn made a statement saying his wife had been duped by the promoter who had booked her and had advertised her as the real Braxton. | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 May 2014 | Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927) | |||
| 07 May 2014 | Wilbur Rakestraw, American race car driver (b. 1928) | |||
| 07 May 2014 | David Prentice, English painter and educator (b. 1936) | |||
| 07 May 2014 | Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943) | |||
| 07 May 2014 | Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923) | |||
| 07 May 2014 | Nazim Al-Haqqani, Cypriot Sufi leader (b. 1922) | |||
07 May 2014
Colin Pillinger |
death Colin Pillinger Colin Pillinger, 70, English planetary scientist |
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