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What happened in history on this day: May 7?
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- 558 - The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses.
- 685 - Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, fourth kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies.
- 973 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at age 60.
- 1166 - Willem I the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66).
- 1205 - Ladislaus III Arpad King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at age 5 or 6.
- 1274 - Second Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens.
- 1355 - 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara.
- 1416 - Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay.
- 1429 - English siege of Orléans broken by French.
- 1523 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at age 42 in Ebernburg.
- 1530 - Birth of Louis I Condé French prince/leader of hugenots.
- 1574 - Birth of Innocent X [Giambattista Pamfili] 236th Roman Catholic pope (1644-55).
- 1579 - Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands.
- 1617 - David Fabricius German astronomer, dies at age 53.
- 1624 - Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru.
- 1638 - Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited).
- 1660 - Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni.
- 1663 - Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens.
- 1664 - French King Louis XIV inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
- 1671 - Edward Montagu English baron Kimbolton, dies at about age 68.
- 1671 - Pieter Stockmans Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at age 62.
- 1673 - Johannes Teellinck Dutch vicar, dies at about age 58.
- 1700 - William Penn begins monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation.
- 1718 - The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Vienville.
- 1727 - Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
- 1748 - French troops conquer Maastricht.
- 1763 - Birth of Josef Poniatovski Polish general/marshal of France.
- 1765 - Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground.
- 1769 - Ras Mikael Sehul deposes Ethiopian emperor Iyoas.
- 1771 - Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada.
- 1774 - Birth of Francis Beaufort naval officer; devised wind force scale.
- 1775 - Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria.
- 1789 - First inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York City, New York).
- 1792 - Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington).
- 1793 - Death of Johan A Zoutman at age 68; Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank).
- 1795 - Birth of Gerhard M Roentgen; industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord).
- 1800 - Indiana Territory organized.
- 1800 - Death of Niccolò Piccinni at age 72; Italian composer (Roland).
- 1806 - Death of Robert Morris; US Superintendent of Finance.
- 1812 - Birth of Robert Browning in London, England; poet (The Pied Piper).
- 1827 - Birth of Francis Engle Patterson; Brigadier General (US volunteers) (dies 1862).
- 1832 - Birth of Carl G Neumann; German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions).
- 1832 - Greece becomes independent republic.
- 1832 - Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece.
- 1840 - Birth of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk, Russia; composer (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, 1812 Overture) (dies 1893).
- 1840 - Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, USA, killing 317.
- 1847 - American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia).
- 1847 - Birth of Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery; British Prime Minister (Liberal, 1894-95).
- 1848 - Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia.
- 1856 - Argentina and Brazil sign a navigation pact.
- 1861 - Birth of Rabindranath Tagore; Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel Prize 1913).
- 1861 - Riot occurs between pro-secessionist and USA supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1862 - Much of Enschede, Netherlands destroyed by fire.
- 1862 - Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville).
- 1863 - Amiel Weeks Whipple, USA general-major, dies of injuries at age 46.
- 1864 - Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500).
- 1866 - Birth of Cornelis J K van Aalst; president (Dutch Trading Company).
- 1866 - German premier Otto von Bismarck is seriously wounded in assassin attempt.
- 1867 - Birth of Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk]; actress (Hope of Blessing).
- 1867 - Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1873 - US marines attack Panamá.
- 1875 - German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed.
- 1876 - Franz, count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at age 69.
- 1882 - Birth of Willem Elsschot AKA Alfons J de Ridder; Flemish writer (Mend).
- 1883 - Birth of Martin Albertz; German theologist (Church Jesus Christ).
- 1884 - Judah P Benjamin, Confederate States of America minister of War, dies at age 72.
- 1885 - Birth of George Hayes AKA Gabby Hayes in Wellsville, New York, USA; actor (The Gabby Hayes Show TV show, In Old Santa Fe movie, El Paso movie).
- 1885 - John E W Thompson is named US minister to Haiti.
- 1887 - Birth of Henri Pourrat; French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes).
- 1888 - Birth of Selmer Jackson in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp).
- 1888 - George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera".
- 1890 - Birth of Billy House in Minnesota, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I).
- 1891 - Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Muslim rebellion, 300 killed.
- 1892 - Birth of Archibald MacLeish in Glencoe, Illinois, USA; political essayist/poet/dramatist (JB).
- 1892 - Birth of Josip Broz Tito in Kumrovec, Austria-Hungary; leader of Yugoslavia (1945-80).
- 1897 - Birth of Kitty McKane in England; tennis (Olympics-gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 1924).
- 1900 - Birth of Bauke Tuinstra; Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur).
- 1900 - Birth of Ralph Truman in London, England; actor (Web of Evidence).
- 1901 - Birth of Gary Cooper in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (two Academy Awards - Sergeant York, High Noon).
- 1901 - Birth of L T Coggeshall; medical scientist, US Secretary of HEW (1956-58).
- 1902 - Soufriere volcano on Saint Vincent kills 2-5,000.
- 1907 - Charles Collier wins first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (38.22 mph).
- 1908 - Birth of Ed MacDonald; actor (Mysteries of Chinatown).
- 1909 - Birth of Edwin H Land; inventor (instant photography (Polaroid)).
- 1909 - Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv).
- 1910 - 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6.
- 1912 - Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories. The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer.
- 1913 - British House of Commons rejects women's right to vote.
- 1915 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania passenger liner is sunk by German submarine southwest of Cobh, Ireland, in the Atlantic Ocean; 1198 lives lost including 128 Americans. One crewmember survives, who also survived the Empress of Ireland and Titanic.
- 1915 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania.
- 1916 - President Ramón Cáceres resigns as President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1917 - Birth of David Tomlinson in Scotland; actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter).
- 1917 - Boston Red Sox' Babe Ruth beats Washington Senators' Walter Johnson, 1-0.
- 1919 - Birth of Maria Eva Duarte AKA Maria Eva Duarte de Perón AKA Evita AKA Eva Perón in Argentina; first lady/actress.
- 1920 - USSR recognizes independence of Georgia.
- 1921 - 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2.
- 1922 - Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands, 2-1.
- 1922 - Birth of Darren McGavin in San Joaquin, California, USA; actor (Mike Hammer TV show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV show, Riverboat TV show, Crime Photographer TV show, Murphy Brown TV show (Emmy award), Tribes, Turk 182).
- 1922 - Birth of Gale Robbins in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress/singer (Hollywood House, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex).
- 1922 - New York Giants' Jesse Barnes no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
- 1923 - Birth of Anne Baxter in Michigan City, Indiana, USA; actress (All About Eve movie, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks - Batman TV show, Myra - Marcus Welby TV show, Victoria - Hotel TV show, Love Boat TV show, Name of the Game TV show).
- 1923 - Birth of Pete V Domenici; American politician (Senator-Republican-New Mexico, 1973-).
- 1923 - Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad.
- 1924 - Peruvian Torre forms 004A, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana.
- 1925 - Philadelphia Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row.
- 1925 - Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play.
- 1926 - Birth of Val Bisoglio in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lieutenant Marsh - Police Woman, Danny - Quincy ME).
- 1927 - Birth of Jim Lowe in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; disc jockey (WNEW) "King of Trivia".
- 1927 - San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated.
- 1928 - Birth of John Ingle; actor (Edward Quartermaine - General Hospital, Port Charles).
- 1928 - England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21.
- 1928 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for Bridge of San Luis Rey.
- 1929 - Birth of Dick Williams; baseball player, manager (including Seattle Mariners 1986-87).
- 1929 - Birth of Sally L Smith; educator/founder (Lab School of Washington).
- 1929 - John Scalise, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone.
- 1929 - Albert Anselmi, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone.
- 1929 - Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone.
- 1930 - Birth of Totie Fields AKA Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; comedienne (Ed Sullivan Show TV show 40 times, 125 appearances on The Mike Douglas Show TV show, Merv Griffin show TV show).
- 1930 - Duleepsinhji scores 333 in cricket for Sussex versus Northants in 330 minutes.
- 1931 - Birth of Gene [Rodman] Wolfe; American sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete).
- 1931 - Birth of Nel J Ginjaar-Maas; Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD).
- 1931 - Birth of Teresa Brewer in Toledo, Ohio, USA; American pop and jazz singer ("Put Another Nickel In") (dies 2007).
- 1932 - At the Churchill Downs racecourse near Louisville, Kentucky, the 58th Kentucky Derby horse race is held. Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2. Total legal betting on the race: US$277,000.
- 1932 - Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies.
- 1932 - Birth of Hans Boskamp [Johan HG Hoelscher]; actor/producer (Oh My Papa).
- 1932 - Birth of Pete Domeneci; American politician (Senator-Republican-New Mexico).
- 1933 - Birth of Johnny Unitas; NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers); one of the greats.
- 1934 - Birth of Ben Smith in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th).
- 1934 - Netherlands' Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal.
- 1934 - Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region.
- 1934 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White).
- 1934 - World's largest pearl (6.4kg) found at Palawan, Philippines.
- 1938 - 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8.
- 1938 - Birth of Johnny Caldwell in Ireland; flyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1956).
- 1938 - Birth of Kevin O'Connor in Honolulu, Hawaii; actor (Bogie, Special Effects).
- 1938 - Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Germany "undesired strangers".
- 1939 - Birth of Jimmy Ruffin; soloist ("What Becomes of the Broken Hearted").
- 1939 - Birth of Johnny Maestro in New York City, New York, USA; rock vocalist (Crests - "16 Candles", Brooklyn Bridge).
- 1939 - Birth of Marco Saint John in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Rayford - Ball Four).
- 1939 - Birth of Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers; director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982-94).
- 1939 - Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.
- 1940 - Birth of John Irvin; actor (Moment in Time).
- 1941 - Birth of Grahame Bilby; cricket player (two Tests New Zealand versus England 1966).
- 1941 - British House of Commons votes for Winston Churchill (477-3).
- 1941 - French Deputy Premier Jean Darlan concludes a secret treaty with Germany, allowing German arms shipments across Syria to Iraq.
- 1942 - (1135 hours) Torpedo planes from US carrier Yorktown put five torpedoes into Japanese carrier Shoho, sinking it.
- 1942 - German decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed.
- 1943 - Birth of Rick West [Richard Westwood]; rocker (Brian Poole and Tremeloes).
- 1943 - American and British forces capture Tunis and Bizerte in North Africa. 160,000 German and Italian soldiers surrender at Tunis.
- 1943 - Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps.
- 1943 - Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, is launched.
- 1943 - US first Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia.
- 1943 - US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia.
- 1944 - Birth of John Heard; actor (The Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big).
- 1944 - Birth of Sivi Aberg; actress (Batman TV show).
- 1944 - German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar, Bosnia.
- 1945 - Birth of Robin Strasser in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Dorian - One Life to Live, Another World, Passions).
- 1945 - Birth of Wim A Mateman; Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA).
- 1945 - Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League.
- 1945 - (0241 hours French time) At Rheims, France, German armed forces sign unconditional surrender, effective from 0001 hours on May 9. Signing for Germany is Chief of Staff of German Army Colonel General Gustaf Jodl. Signing for the Supreme Allied Commander is Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Walter Smith. Signing for France is General François Sevez. Signing for the Soviet Union is General Ivan Susloparoff.
- 1945 - The Soviet Union's Extraordinary State Commission reports that the German concentration camp of Oswiecim in Poland had systematically killed over four million citizens of the Soviet Union, Poland, France, Belguim, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and others. This is the greatest incidence of mass murder in recorded history.
- 1945 - Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague, Netherlands.
- 1945 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano).
- 1945 - German SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, Netherlands, killing 22.
- 1946 - Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed.
- 1946 - Birth of Bill Danoff in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; vocalist (Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight").
- 1946 - Birth of Bill Kreutzmann; drummer (The Grateful Dead).
- 1946 - Birth of Richard L Brodsky; American lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (Democrat) (1983-).
- 1946 - Sony is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1946 - Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies.
- 1946 - William H Hastie inaugurated as (first black) governor of Virgin Islands.
- 1947 - NBC debuts the live TV show Kraft Television Theater.
- 1947 - US General Douglas MacArthur approves Japanese constitution.
- 1947 - Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt.
- 1948 - Birth of Peter Wingfield in Wales; rocker/actor (Methos - Highlander).
- 1948 - Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death.
- 1948 - The Council of Europe is founded.
- 1949 - 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2.
- 1949 - Birth of Stuart Marshall; director (Desire).
- 1950 - Birth of Prairie Prince; rocker (The Tubes).
- 1951 - Birth of Robert Hegyes in Metuchen, New Jersey, USA; actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1951 - International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics.
- 1951 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town).
- 1952 - Birth of Amy Heckerling in the Bronx, New York, USA; director (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless).
- 1952 - Birth of Derek Taylor; rocker ("Let it Be", "Beatles Anthology").
- 1953 - Can Can opens at Shubert Theater in New York City for 892 performances.
- 1953 - Ormerod Pearse, cricket player (55 runs and three wickets in three Tests for South Africa), dies.
- 1953 - Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile.
- 1954 - French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu.
- 1954 - US, Great Britain, and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
- 1955 - 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8.
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Reckell in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; actor (Days of Our Lives).
- 1955 - USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain.
- 1955 - West Europe Union established.
- 1956 - Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300.
- 1956 - New York Giants' Bill White homers in his first at bat.
- 1956 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
- 1957 - Birth of [Christopher Saint John] "Sinjin" Smith in Los Angeles, California, USA; volleyball player (Olympics-1996).
- 1957 - Cleveland Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive off Gil McDougald.
- 1958 - Major Howard Johnson, US Air Force, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 metres.
- 1958 - Nyogen Senzaki, first Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at age 81.
- 1959 - "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in Los Angeles Coliseum) sees Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat New York Yankees 6-2 in exhibition.
- 1959 - Birth of Michael E Knight in Princeton, New Jersey, USA; actor (Date with Angel, All My Children).
- 1959 - Birth of Robin L Freeman in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA; PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-third).
- 1959 - Birth of Tamara E Jernigan in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 40, 52, 67, 80).
- 1960 - Flower Drum Song closes at Saint James Theater in New York City after 602 performances.
- 1960 - 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4.
- 1960 - Birth of Arnon Ohad; co-pilot (El Al) of plane that crashed on Bijlmer, Amsterdam.
- 1960 - Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR.
- 1960 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Norm Sherry's 11th homerun wins the game for brother Larry.
- 1960 - Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12.5-8.5 for world chess championship.
- 1960 - USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a US Central Intelligence Agency spy.
- 1961 - Birth of Phil Campbell; guitarist (Motorhead).
- 1961 - Birth of Linda Somers in Bitburg, Germany; US marathon runner (Olympics-31st-1996).
- 1961 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open.
- 1962 - Birth of Robbie Knievel, son of Evel; daredevil (Chips Something Special).
- 1962 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960).
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1963 - SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)).
- 1964 - Birth of Leslie O'Neal; NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers, Saint Louis Rams).
- 1964 - Birth of Mustapha Zerqti; Moroccan/Netherlands writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd).
- 1964 - Birth of Ronnie Harmon; NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers).
- 1965 - Birth of Chris O'Connor; rock singer-musician (Primitive Radio Gods).
- 1965 - Birth of Reuben Davis; NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers).
- 1966 - 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02.
- 1966 - Birth of Anderson Cummins; cricket player (in Packer's Valley Barbados and West Indies quickie).
- 1966 - New York Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene.
- 1967 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
- 1968 - Birth of Joe King; NFL safety (Oakland Raiders).
- 1968 - Birth of Traci Lords [Nora Louise Kuzma] in Steubenville, Ohio, USA; actress (Cry Baby).
- 1968 - Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at age 41.
- 1969 - Second ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1.
- 1969 - Birth of Traci Lords; actress (First Wave, Profiler).
- 1969 - Birth of Katerina Maleeva in Bulgaria; tennis player (US Open Junior 1984).
- 1969 - Birth of Melanie Valerio; 400 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Junior, US Marine Corp, becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1970 - Birth of Edwin Zoetebier; Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Smith in Pasadena, California, USA; outfielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1970 - Birth of Sebastien Britten in Brossard, Québec, Canada; figure skater (1995 Canadian Champion).
- 1971 - Birth of Cameron McFadzean in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Dave Karpa in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks).
- 1971 - Birth of José Munoz; WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Rondell Jones; NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens).
- 1971 - Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at age 83.
- 1972 - 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1.
- 1972 - Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Hayes; safety (New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of John Holecek; NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills).
- 1972 - Birth of Vince Stewart; WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1973 - Birth of Dameian Jeffries; NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints).
- 1973 - Pulitzer Prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter).
- 1974 - Birth of Breckin Meyer; actor (Robot Chicken, King of the Hill).
- 1974 - Birth of Scott Whittaker; center/tackle (Oakland Raiders).
- 1974 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin).
- 1975 - Birth of Jason Tunks in London, Ontario, Canada; discus thrower (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era".
- 1975 - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays.
- 1976 - Birth of Nicholas Butcher in Los Angeles, California; field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2.
- 1977 - Birth of Marko Milic; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns).
- 1979 - 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila, Philippines.
- 1979 - Gary Roenicke hits into Baltimore Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland Athletics).
- 1980 - The International Monetary Fund holds the last of 45 gold auctions.
- 1980 - Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
- 1981 - The Greater London Council (England) election results in a small Labour majority.
- 1982 - Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
- 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2.
- 1983 - August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups.
- 1983 - Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2.
- 1984 - Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic.
- 1984 - In Southern Italy, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1984 - US$180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit.
- 1985 - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at age 54.
- 1986 - Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I.
- 1986 - Philadelphia Phillies' outfielder Garry Maddox retires.
- 1986 - In Andreanof Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurs. Tsunami generated with observed wave heights up to 175 cm.
- 1987 - Japanese Finance Ministry announces sale of 103 metric tons of gold.
- 1988 - 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2.
- 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.
- 1989 - Death of Guy Williams of a brain aneurism at age 65 in Argentina; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland).
- 1989 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Mark Merrony of Wales cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet.
- 1989 - Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency.
- 1989 - In the Burma-China border region, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. At least one person killed, 91 injured and 5,300 houses destroyed.
- 1990 - Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at age 60.
- 1991 - Birth of Taylor Abrahamse in Ontario, Canada; actor (Doc, Future is Wild).
- 1991 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1991 - Haryana beats Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by two runs.
- 1992 - Five New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine.
- 1992 - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races.
- 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
- 1993 - Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at age 89.
- 1993 - South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections.
- 1994 - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6.
- 1994 - Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art and Culture), dies at age 85 (born 1909).
- 1994 - Denver Nuggets become NBA's first #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle SuperSonics).
- 1994 - Norway's most famous painting, The Scream by Edvard Munch, is recovered from a hotel in Asgardstrand, about 40 miles south of Oslo.
- 1994 - Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at age 115.
- 1995 - Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election.
- 1995 - NBC airs the final episode of Matlock TV show.
- 1995 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
- 1995 - Death of Ray McKinley at age 84; drummer/vocalist/bandleader (Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller).
- 1995 - Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes.
- 1996 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament, dies at age 87.
- 1996 - Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at age 76.
- 1997 - Montreal Expos score 13 in 6th inning against San Francisco Giants.
- 1997 - Galileo, fourth Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8).
- 1997 - Intel releases the Pentium II processor. It features a new 66 MHz bus interface called Slot 1, 200 MHz 32 kB Level 1 cache, MMX instructions, 512 kB Level 2 external cache. CPU speeds available are 233, 266, and 300 MHz. The processor incorporates 7.5 million transistors using 0.35 micron process technology. Prices range from US$636 to $1981. Code-name during development was Klamath.
- 1998 - Death of Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1924).
- 1998 - Death of Eddie Rabbitt of lung cancer at age 56; singer/songwriter ("I Love A Rainy Night", "Drivin' My Life Away", "Every Which Way But Loose", "Kentucky Rain").
- 1999 - A jury rules that The Jenny Jones Show TV show and Warner Bros. are liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, killed by another guest on the show. The jury's award is $25 million.
- 1999 - In the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded, when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
- 1999 - The Cleveland Indians score 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9-1 deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 20-11.
- 1999 - Universal releases the film The Mummy to theaters.
- 1999 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
- 2000 - Death of Douglas Fairbanks Junior at age 90 after a heart attack; host (Douglas Fairbanks Presents TV show), actor (King Richard - The Legend of Robin Hood, Dr. Kildare TV show, Love Boat TV show, Route 66 TV show).
- 2001 - In Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, an attempt is made to reconstruct the Ferhadija mosque. However, the ceremony results in mass riots by Serb nationalists that beat and stone 300 elderly Bosnian Muslims.
- 2002 - Death of Seattle Slew, famous American racehorse (born 1974).
- 2004 - Royal Caribbean International christens new cruise ship Jewel of the Seas in Southampton, England.
- 2005 - A plane crash in Lockhart River, Australia kills 15 people.
- 2005 - At the age of 46 years and 257 days old, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves becomes the second-oldest player to hit a home run in major league baseball history.
- 2005 - Death of Peter Wallace Rodino, U.S. Congressman (born 1909).
- 2006 - With a 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers, Joe Torre wins his 1000th game, the fourth New York Yankees manager to do so.
- 2006 - Death of Steve Bender, German musician (Dschinghis Khan) (born 1946).
- 2007 - Death of Fulton Burley in Carlsbad, California, USA, at age 84; actor, performer in Disney's Golden Horseshoe Revue, voice of Michael in Enchanted Tiki Room, named Disney Legend in 1995.
- 2008 - In Moscow, Russia, Vladimir Putin formally steps down as president. Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as Russian president, and nominates his predecessor Putin as prime minister.
- 2009 - Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a banned substance.
- 2009 - The U.S. Federal Reserve reports that ten of the biggest 19 banks in the U.S. do not have adequate capital reserves in case the economy worsens, and must raise a total of US$75 billion by the end of 2010. The worst is Bank of America, requiring US$34 billion.
- 2009 - The Boston Red Sox break an 84-year-old American League record by scoring 12 runs in an inning in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
- 2010 - Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthal genome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred.
- 2010 - Paramount releases the film Iron Man 2 to theaters.
- 2010 - The opening match of the 2010 world hockey championship between Germany and the United States is viewed by a world record crowd of 77,803 (validated by a representative of the Guinness World Book of Records) at the Veletins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Germany defeats the USA 2-1 in overtime.
- 2017 - France elects Emmanuel Macron President with 66 percent of the vote.
- 2021 - Death of Hubert Hughes, 5th and 7th Premier of Anguilla (born 1933).
- 2022 - An outbreak of monkeypox begins, first reported in London, England.
- 2022 - At Churchill Downs racetrack in Kentucky, the Kentucky Derby horse race is held. Jockey Sonny Jeon riding Richie wins the race in 2 minutes 2.61 seconds. Richie was 80-to-1 long shot, longest since 1913.
- 2022 - Great Britain reports its first case of Monkeypox.
- 2022 - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa decrees the country's bank should cease lending indefinately.
- 2022 - Death of Bruce MacVittie at age 65 in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sex and the City TV show, The Sopranos TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Yuri Averbach at age 100; Russian chess player (grandmaster, chairman of USSR Chess Federation).
- 2022 - Death of Mickey Gilley in Branson, Missouri, USA, at age 86; country musician ("Room Full of Roses" song, "Window Up Above" song), nightclub owner (Gilly's in Pasadeno, Texas, inspiration for Urban Cowboy movie).
- 2023 - The Arab League agrees to re-admit Syria to the group. Syria had been suspended since 2011.
- 2023 - Death of Sean Keane at age 76; Irish fiddle player (Chieftains band).
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