Historical Events In May - 07

1943  On May - 07 uS 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia   

1943  On this day in history uS first Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia   

1944  On May - 07 german assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia   

1944  HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed on this day in history.   

1945  Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League on May - 07.   

1945  On this day in history formal undertaking of complete German surrender   

1945  German General Keitel repeats surrender signing in Berlin for the benefit of the Russians; WWII ends in Europe on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 07 germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reheime, France (to take effect the next day), ending the European theatre of WWII   

1945  Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated on May - 07.   

1945  Nazi Generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 07 princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands   

1945  Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano) on May - 07.   

1945  SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 07 william H Hastie inaugurated as first black governor of Virgin Islands   

1946  On this day in history william H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands   

1946  On this day in history anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed   

1947  "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC on this day in history.   

1947  General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution on May - 07.   

1947  Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 07 nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death   

1951  On this day in history international Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics   

1951  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)   

1951  Warner Baxter, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 07 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances   

1953  Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile on May - 07.   

1953  Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies on May - 07.   

1954  On May - 07 french surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu   

1954  US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO on May - 07.   

1955  On May - 07 uSSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain   

1955  On this day in history west Europe Union established   

1956  Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 on May - 07.   

1956  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett   

1958  Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters on May - 07.   

1958  Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.   

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on May - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 07.   

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)