Page 5: Historical Events In May - 07

1915  Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost on this day in history.   

1915  Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo on this day in history.   

1915  The Cunard Line's passenger ship Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 07 the liner 'Lusitania' is sunk by German forces off the Irish coast   

1915  Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania on May - 07.   

1917  On May - 07 red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0   

1917  On May - 07 david Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)   

1918  On May - 07 argeliers Leon, composer   

1919  The birth of Marie Peron, Argentinian on who 'Evita' was based on May - 07.   

1919  Eva (Evita) Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress on this day in history.   

1920  On May - 07 uSSR recognizes independence of Georgia   

1920  USSR recognizes Georgia's independence on May - 07.   

1921  On May - 07 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2   

1921  Gale Robbins, Chic, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex) on May - 07.   

1922  Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands, 1-2 on this day in history.   

1922  Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182)   

1923  Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad on May - 07.   

1923  The birth of Anne Baxter, American film actress on May - 07.   

1923  On this day in history anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)   

1924  Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana on May - 07.   

1925  On May - 07 phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row   

1926  Val Bisoglio, NYC, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history san Fransisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated   

1927  On this day in history sF Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated   

1927  On this day in history jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia"   

1928  On May - 07 england lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21   

1928  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)   

1928  On this day in history john Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)   

1928  On May - 07 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56   

1929  Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87) on May - 07.   

1929  On this day in history albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone   

1930  Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins on this day in history.   

1930  Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut on this day in history.   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

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

0685  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

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

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

1166  On May - 07 death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on May - 07.   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.