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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 7
- 750th: 1274 - Second Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens.
- 400th: 1624 - Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru.
- 250th: 1774 - Birth of Francis Beaufort naval officer; devised wind force scale.
- 100th: 1924 - Peruvian Torre forms 004A, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Ben Smith in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th).
- 90th: 1934 - Netherlands' Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal.
- 90th: 1934 - Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region.
- 90th: 1934 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White).
- 90th: 1934 - World's largest pearl (6.4kg) found at Palawan, Philippines.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Heard; actor (The Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Sivi Aberg; actress (Batman TV show).
- 80th: 1944 - German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar, Bosnia.
- 70th: 1954 - French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu.
- 70th: 1954 - US, Great Britain, and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Leslie O'Neal; NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers, Saint Louis Rams).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mustapha Zerqti; Moroccan/Netherlands writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ronnie Harmon; NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Breckin Meyer; actor (Robot Chicken, King of the Hill).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Scott Whittaker; center/tackle (Oakland Raiders).
- 50th: 1974 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin).
- 40th: 1984 - Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic.
- 40th: 1984 - In Southern Italy, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - US$180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit.
- 30th: 1994 - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6.
- 30th: 1994 - Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art and Culture), dies at age 85 (born 1909).
- 30th: 1994 - Denver Nuggets become NBA's first #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle SuperSonics).
- 30th: 1994 - Norway's most famous painting, The Scream by Edvard Munch, is recovered from a hotel in Asgardstrand, about 40 miles south of Oslo.
- 30th: 1994 - Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at age 115.
- 25th: 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.
- 25th: 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.
- 25th: 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.
- 25th: 1999 - Universal releases the film The Mummy to theaters.
- 25th: 1999 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
- 20th: 2004 - Royal Caribbean International christens new cruise ship Jewel of the Seas in Southampton, England.
- 15th: 2009 - Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a banned substance.
- 15th: 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.
- 15th: 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.
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