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Events on the 7th of May in history

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07 May 0351 The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.
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07 May 0558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
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07 May 1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
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07 May 1274 In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
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07 May 1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
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07 May 1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
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07 May 1429 Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
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07 May 1487 The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
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07 May 1579 Congress of Cologne forms in the Netherlands
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07 May 1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
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07 May 1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
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07 May 1660 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
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07 May 1663 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
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07 May 1664 Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.
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07 May 1697 Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced by the current Royal Palace in the eighteenth century.
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07 May 1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
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07 May 1718 The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
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07 May 1727 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
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07 May 1748 French troops conquer Maastricht
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07 May 1763 Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
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07 May 1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
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07 May 1771 Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
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07 May 1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
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07 May 1789 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)
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07 May 1792 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
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07 May 1794 French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
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07 May 1800 Indiana Territory organized
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07 May 1824 World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
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07 May 1832 Greece becomes independent Republic
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07 May 1832 Otto of Bavaria is chosen King of Greece
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07 May 1832 The independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen king.
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07 May 1840 Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317
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07 May 1840 The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
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07 May 1846 The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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07 May 1847 American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia)
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07 May 1847 The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia.
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07 May 1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
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07 May 1856 Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact
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07 May 1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee
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07 May 1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire
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07 May 1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
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07 May 1864 The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
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07 May 1864 American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
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07 May 1866 German Premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
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07 May 1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
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07 May 1873 US marines attack Panama
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07 May 1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
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07 May 1877 Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
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07 May 1885 John E W Thompson, named Minister to Haiti
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07 May 1888 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
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07 May 1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
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07 May 1895 In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
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07 May 1902 Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent kills 2-5,000
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07 May 1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered
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07 May 1907 Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph)
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07 May 1909 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)
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07 May 1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
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07 May 1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
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07 May 1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
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07 May 1915 Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)
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07 May 1915 World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire
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07 May 1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washingston Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
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07 May 1920 The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
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07 May 1920 Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
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07 May 1920 Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
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07 May 1921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
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07 May 1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
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07 May 1922 New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
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07 May 1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
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07 May 1924 Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
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07 May 1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
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07 May 1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
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07 May 1927 San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
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07 May 1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
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07 May 1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
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07 May 1930 Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex vs. Northants in 330 minutes
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07 May 1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
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07 May 1934 Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
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07 May 1934 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region
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07 May 1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)
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07 May 1937 Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
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07 May 1938 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8
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07 May 1938 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
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07 May 1939 Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
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07 May 1940 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain
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07 May 1940 The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
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07 May 1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
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07 May 1941 Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid
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07 May 1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
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07 May 1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
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07 May 1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
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07 May 1942 During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
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07 May 1943 British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia
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07 May 1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
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07 May 1943 Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched
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07 May 1943 US 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia
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07 May 1943 US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta / Bensert Tunisia
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07 May 1945 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
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07 May 1945 British troops pull into Utrecht Neth
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07 May 1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
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07 May 1945 Nazi generals Jodl and Von Friedenburg surrender
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07 May 1945 Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth
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07 May 1945 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
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07 May 1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
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07 May 1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black Governor of Virgin Islands
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07 May 1947 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
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07 May 1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
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07 May 1947 Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt
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07 May 1948 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death
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07 May 1949 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
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07 May 1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
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07 May 1951 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
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07 May 1953 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
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07 May 1953 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile
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07 May 1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
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07 May 1954 US, Great-Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO
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07 May 1955 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8
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07 May 1955 USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain
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07 May 1955 West Europe Union established
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07 May 1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
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07 May 1956 New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
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07 May 1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
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07 May 1957 Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K)
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07 May 1958 Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m
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07 May 1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 12 performances
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07 May 1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 602 performances
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07 May 1960 "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
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07 May 1960 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
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07 May 1960 Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of the USSR
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07 May 1960 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
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07 May 1961 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
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07 May 1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
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07 May 1963 Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
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07 May 1963 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
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07 May 1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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07 May 1966 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02
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07 May 1966 Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
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07 May 1966 Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
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07 May 1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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07 May 1969 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
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07 May 1969 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes Deputy Director of CIA
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07 May 1972 26th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
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07 May 1972 Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic
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07 May 1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
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07 May 1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Semifinals - Flyers hold 3-1 lead
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07 May 1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
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07 May 1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
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07 May 1977 "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
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07 May 1977 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
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07 May 1979 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
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07 May 1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
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07 May 1980 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried
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07 May 1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 performances
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07 May 1982 Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing
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07 May 1982 IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
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07 May 1982 Oakland Raiders to move to Los Angeles
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07 May 1983 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
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07 May 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2
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07 May 1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
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07 May 1984 Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic
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07 May 1986 Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I
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07 May 1986 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
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07 May 1988 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2
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07 May 1989 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
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07 May 1989 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet
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07 May 1992 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine
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07 May 1992 Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
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07 May 1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
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07 May 1992 US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
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07 May 1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections
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07 May 1994 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
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07 May 1994 Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen
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07 May 1994 Matlock actor Daniel Roebuck (30) weds Kelly Durst (24)
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07 May 1995 "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 performances
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07 May 1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election
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07 May 1995 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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07 May 1995 Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes
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07 May 1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
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07 May 1997 Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
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07 May 1997 Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
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