On This Day - May 7th 1664 – Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles.
On This Day - May 7th 1824 – The world premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony took place in Vienna, Austria.
On This Day - May 7th 1915 – RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-Boat eight miles (15 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, sinking in eighteen minutes, killing 1,198 people.
On This Day - May 7th 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
On This Day - May 7th 1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
On This Day - May 7th 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
On This Day - May 7th 1999 – Pope John Paul II visits Romania becoming the first Pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
On This Day - May 7th 1999 – A NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade killing three Chinese citizens.
Today's Birthdays
Born On This Day - May 7th 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
Born On This Day - May 7th 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
Born On This Day - May 7th 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
Born On This Day - May 7th 1919 – Eva Peron (Evita), Argentine first lady (d. 1952)
Born On This Day - May 7th 1939 – Today is the birthday of Jimmy Ruffin, American singer.
Born On This Day - May 7th 1943 – Today is the birthday of Peter Carey, Australian author.
Born On This Day - May 7th 1945 – Today is the birthday of Christy Moore, Irish folk singer.
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