May 07

Tuesday 07, 2002:

A China Southern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea killing 112 people.

Friday 07, 1999:

In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.

Thursday 07, 1998:

Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

Thursday 07, 1992:

Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first fast-food murder in Canada.

Saturday 07, 1960:

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

Friday 07, 1954:

Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).

Wednesday 07, 1952:

The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.

Friday 07, 1948:

The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

Wednesday 07, 1947:

Kraft Television Theater debuts, running for the next 11 years.

Tuesday 07, 1946:

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with about 20 employees.

Monday 07, 1945:

World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.

Friday 07, 1937:

Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Franco's forces.

Friday 07, 1920:

Polish-Bolshevik War: Polish-Ukrainian troops captured Kyiv during the Kiev Offensive.

Friday 07, 1915:

World War I: a German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people.

Thursday 07, 1896:

H. H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia.

Tuesday 07, 1895:

1895 ? In Saint Petersburg a russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrated an invention which became the prototipe of radio. In the former Soviet Union this day was selebrated as Day of Radio.

Saturday 07, 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.

Friday 07, 1847:

In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.

Thursday 07, 1840:

The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

Monday 07, 1832:

Greece was recognised independent by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King.

Friday 07, 1824:

Ludwig van Beethoven, completely deaf, conducts the debut of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna.

Saturday 07, 1763:

Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.

Tuesday 07, 1697:

Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed in a huge fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced with the current Royal Palace).

Monday 07, 1274:

In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.

Thursday 07, 1429:

Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River.

Sunday 07, 558:

In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.

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