Page 8: Historical Events In May - 07

1960  On May - 07 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances   

1960  "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on May - 07.   

1960  Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR   

1960  On May - 07 michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

1960  On May - 07 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

1962  Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) on May - 07.   

1962  On May - 07 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1962  On this day in history jimmy Conlin, dies at 77   

1963  On this day in history bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion   

1963  SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) on May - 07.   

1966  On May - 07 mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1   

1967  On May - 07 judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54   

1968  Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1969  Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA on May - 07.   

1970  "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release on May - 07.   

1970  Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1971  Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)   

1973  US President Nixon denies all knowledge of the Watergate affair on May - 07.   

1974  On May - 07 pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)   

1975  On May - 07 president Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"   

1975  On this day in history small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays   

1977  Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried   

1980  On this day in history samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC   

1981  Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1982  On this day in history iBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1   

1982  On May - 07 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  On this day in history alfred Adam, dies at 72   

1983  August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history peter Edel, writer, dies   

1984  $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 07 in Southern Italy a 5.8 earthquake killed three people and at least 100 injured, and extensive damage in the Abruzzo area   

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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 May - 07.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

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

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on May - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

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

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

1427  On May - 07 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)