May 7th, 1883

Born on May 7th, 1883

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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

Born on May 7th, 1883

29

Evaristo Carriego

Argentine writer

*May 7th, 1883, Paraná †October 13th, 1912, Buenos Aires

80

Joe Shaw

English footballer (1883–1963)

*May 7th, 1883, Bury †September 1st, 1963

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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

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

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

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

35

Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

87

Josip Broz

Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892.−1980.)

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

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

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

63

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

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

54

Virgilio Ranzato

Italian composer

*May 7th, 1882, Venice †April 20th, 1937, Como

62

Anne Baxter

American actress (1923–1985)

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

58

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist (1867-1925)

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

60

Gary Cooper

American actor (1901–1961)

*May 7th, 1901, Helena †May 13th, 1961, Beverly Hills

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

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

56

Balbina Bäbler

Swiss classical archaeologist

*May 7th, 1967, Glarus

69

Joanna Haigh

British physicist

*May 7th, 1954, London

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93

Edvard Drabløs

Norwegian actor and director (1883-1976)

*April 1st, 1883, Sykkylven †April 29th, 1976, Oslo

61

Benito Mussolini

Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party

*July 29th, 1883, Predappio †April 28th, 1945, Giulino

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

40

Franz Kafka

Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

*July 3rd, 1883, Prague †June 3rd, 1924, Kierling

62

John Maynard Keynes

English economist (1883–1946)

*June 5th, 1883, Cambridge †April 21st, 1946, Firle

64

Arthur Cave

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1883, Cork †November 30th, 1947, Clontarf

48

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)

*January 6th, 1883, Bsharri †April 10th, 1931, New York City

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

*July 4th, 1883, San Francisco †December 7th, 1970, New York City

88

Hans Vogts

German architect

*June 25th, 1883, Berlin †March 7th, 1972, Scheuren

65

Jose Clemente Orozco

Mexican artist (1883–1949)

*November 23rd, 1883, Ciudad Guzmán †September 7th, 1949, Mexico City

77

Oskar von Hindenburg

German politician and general (1883–1960)

*January 31st, 1883, Königsberg †February 12th, 1960, Bad Harzburg

66

Jane Cowl

American actress and playwright

*December 14th, 1883, Boston †June 22nd, 1950, Santa Monica

86

Walter Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

*May 18th, 1883, Berlin †July 5th, 1969, Boston

73

Luigi Ganna

Italian cyclist (1883–1957)

*December 1st, 1883, Induno Olona †October 2nd, 1957, Varese

87

Charles Méré

French screenwriter

*January 29th, 1883, Marseille †October 2nd, 1970, Paris

81

Cliff Sterrett

American cartoonist

*December 12th, 1883, Fergus Falls †December 28th, 1964, New York City

39

Jaroslav Hašek

Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)

*April 30th, 1883, Prague †January 3rd, 1923, Lipnice nad Sázavou

61

Anton Webern

Austrian composer and conductor

*December 3rd, 1883, Vienna †September 15th, 1945, Mittersill

80

Frank R. Adams

Author, screenwriter, composer and reporter

*July 7th, 1883, Morrison †October 8th, 1963, White Lake Township

66

Rockliffe Fellowes

Canadian actor (1884-1950)

*March 17th, 1883, Ottawa †January 28th, 1950, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1883 is a normal year and no leap year.

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