May 7th, 1795

Born on May 7th, 1795

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What happened on May 7th?

May 7th, 2010

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that today's humans have Neanderthal ancestors.

May 7th, 2009

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant.

May 7th, 1999

Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

May 7th, 1960

Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy plane had been shot down six days earlier.

May 7th, 1946

Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.

May 7th, 1937

Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.

May 7th, 1931

New York City police engaged in a two-hour-long shootout with Francis Crowley, witnessed by 15,000 bystanders, before he finally surrendered.

May 7th, 1895

Alexander Stepanovich Popov presented his lightning detector, one of the first radio receivers in the world, to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.

May 7th, 1798

War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast, inflicting heavy losses.

May 7th, 1794

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre (pictured) established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

May 7th, 1763

Pontiac, a Native American chief of the Odawa tribe, led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War.

May 7th, 1697

The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within the year.

May 7th, 1487

Granada War: Forces of Aragon and Castile began a siege of Málaga, a Muslim city in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.

May 7th, 1964

Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is hijacked by Francisco Gonzales and crashes in Contra Costa County, California, killing 44.

May 7th, 1960

Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 7th?

80

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

63

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

*May 7th, 1833, Hamburg †April 3rd, 1897, Vienna

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

*May 7th, 1855, Munich †April 9th, 1934, Munich

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London

57

Karl Girardet

Swiss artist (1813-1871)

*May 7th, 1813, Le Locle †April 24th, 1871, Versailles

62

Anne Baxter

American actress (1923–1985)

*May 7th, 1923, Michigan City †December 12th, 1985, New York City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

77

Robert Browning

English poet and playwright (1812–1889)

*May 7th, 1812, London †December 12th, 1889, Venice

87

Josip Broz

Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892.−1980.)

*May 7th, 1892, Kumrovec †May 4th, 1980, Ljubljana

39

Meiliana Jauhari

Indonesian badminton player

*May 7th, 1984, Jakarta

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

24

Rutaparna Panda

Indian badminton player

*May 7th, 1999, Cuttack

26

Rika Rositawati

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1997, Sumedang

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

37

Mark Furze

Australian actor

*May 7th, 1986, Orange

58

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist (1867-1925)

*May 7th, 1867, Kobiele Wielkie †December 5th, 1925, Warsaw

56

Balbina Bäbler

Swiss classical archaeologist

*May 7th, 1967, Glarus

36

Jérémy Ménez

French association football player

*May 7th, 1987, Longjumeau

Same year
Born in 1795

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*November 2nd, 1795, Pineville †June 15th, 1849, Nashville

63

George Tyler Wood

2nd Governor of Texas (1795-1858)

*March 12th, 1795, Randolph County †September 3rd, 1858, Point Blank

25

John Keats

British romantic poet (1795–1821)

*October 31st, 1795, Moorgate †February 23rd, 1821, Rome

85

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

90

Leopold von Ranke

German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

*December 21st, 1795, Wiehe †May 23rd, 1886, Berlin

75

Jacques Louis Randon

French military and political leader (1795–1871)

*March 25th, 1795, Grenoble †January 16th, 1871, Geneva

87

Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet

Catholic cardinal (1795-1882)

*November 16th, 1795, Bourg-Argental †December 23rd, 1882, Bordeaux

70

Gustav Harkort

German politician (1795-1865)

*March 3rd, 1795, Haus Harkorten †August 29th, 1865, Leipzig

65

Frederick William IV of Prussia

King of Prussia

*October 15th, 1795, Berlin †January 2nd, 1861, Potsdam

35

Antonio José de Sucre

Venezuelan military and politician (1795–1830)

*February 3rd, 1795, Upata †June 4th, 1830, Gran Colombia

82

Charles Beslay

French politician (1795-1878)

*July 5th, 1795, Dinan †March 30th, 1878, Neuchâtel

60

Thaddeus William Harris

United States librarian and entomologist (1795-1856)

*November 12th, 1795, Dorchester †January 16th, 1856, Cambridge

82

Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers

Marshal of France and politician (1795-1878)

*September 6th, 1795, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †June 6th, 1878, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

46

Thomas Arnold

English educator and historian, headmaster of Rugby School

*June 13th, 1795, Cowes †June 12th, 1842, Rugby

74

Charles Sturt

Australian explorer (1795-1869)

*April 28th, 1795, Bengal †June 16th, 1869, Cheltenham

75

Otto Wigand

German politician and publisher (1795-1870)

*August 10th, 1795, Göttingen †September 1st, 1870, Leipzig

62

Elisabetha Grossmann

(1795-1858)

*December 14th, 1795, Brienz †March 20th, 1858, Interlaken

83

Rowland Hill

English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)

*December 3rd, 1795, Kidderminster †August 27th, 1879, Hampstead

55

Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker

German physician and medical writer

*January 1st, 1795, Erfurt †January 1st, 1850, Berlin

25

John William Polidori

English writer and physician

*September 7th, 1795, London †August 24th, 1821, London

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No: With 365 days 1795 is a normal year and no leap year.

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