Historical Events In May - 07

2005  On this day in history plane Crash in Lockhart River, Australia kills 15 people.   

2006  On May - 07 richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)   

2007  Chinese slave scandal on this day in history.   

2010  On May - 07 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.   

2012  On May - 07 nATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province   

2013  On this day in history 55 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Nigeria   

2014  On this day in history fighting between pro-Russian and Kiev forces continue amid fears internationally of a civil war in the Ukraine   

2017  Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen on this day in history.   

2017  On May - 07 mTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories - Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor   

2017  On this day in history “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” becomes the highest grossing Indian box-office film ever earning $120 million   

2018  Vladimir Putin is sworn in as Russian President for another 6 years on May - 07.   

2018  More mudslides in Rwanda kill 18 people bringing the year's death toll to 200 on May - 07.   

2018  On this day in history global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study   

2018  World Snooker Championship: Welshman Mark Williams wins beating John Higgins 18-16 in Sheffield and, as promised, does his press conference in the nude on May - 07.   

2018  On May - 07 iran-Contra figure Oliver North announced as the new President of the US National Rifle Association   

2018  Met Gala 2018 "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' is hosted by Anna Wintour , Amal Clooney, Donatella Versace and Rihanna wearing a Pope-inspired outfit on this day in history.   

2020  Eleven people die and over 5,000 fall ill from a styrene gas leak from an LG Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India on this day in history.   

2021  On May - 07 philadelphia Museum of Art unveils major interior renovation and expansion designed by American architect Frank Gehry   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine, the first non–Western vaccine to be authorized on May - 07.   

2023  On this day in history syria is readmitted into the Arab League after being suspended since 2011.   

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1328  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on May - 07.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on this day in history.   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)   

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on May - 07.   

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on this day in history.   

1427  On this day in history death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.   

1539  On May - 07 death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)