May 7th, 1905

Born on May 7th, 1905

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 7th?

May 7th, 1954

A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.

May 7th, 2010

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living 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, 1940

A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill (pictured).

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 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.

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

Born on May 7th, 1905

84

Philip Baxter

British chemical engineer (1905-1989)

*May 7th, 1905, Machynlleth †September 5th, 1989, Haberfield

Same year
Born in 1905

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

74

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

*June 21st, 1905, Paris †April 15th, 1980, 14th arrondissement of Paris

112

Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff

German supercentenarian

*December 7th, 1905, Gera †April 9th, 2018, Karlsruhe

78

Ulf von Euler

Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (1905–1983)

*February 7th, 1905, Stockholm †March 9th, 1983, Stockholm

84

Greta Garbo

Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)

*September 18th, 1905, Katarina church parish †April 15th, 1990, New York City

72

Joan Crawford

American actress (1908–1977)

*March 23rd, 1905, San Antonio †May 10th, 1977, New York City

56

Dag Hammarskjöld

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905-1961)

*July 29th, 1905, Jönköping †September 18th, 1961, Ndola

77

Ayn Rand

Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

*February 2nd, 1905, Saint Petersburg †March 6th, 1982, Manhattan

78

Raymond Aron

French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)

*March 14th, 1905, Paris †October 17th, 1983, Paris

68

Dorothy Fields

American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974)

*July 15th, 1905, Allenhurst †March 28th, 1974, New York City

88

Agnes de Mille

American dancer and choreographer

*September 18th, 1905, Harlem †October 7th, 1993, New York City

88

Myrna Loy

American actress (1905–1993)

*August 2nd, 1905, Helena †December 14th, 1993, New York City

89

Mildred Natwick

American actress

*June 19th, 1905, Baltimore †October 25th, 1994, New York City

75

Peter Kreuder

German musician (1905-1981)

*August 18th, 1905, Aachen †June 28th, 1981, Salzburg

63

Erika Mann

German actress and writer (1905-1969)

*November 9th, 1905, Munich †August 27th, 1969, Zürich

88

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Doctor, Ivorian politician, first president of Côte d'Ivoire (1905-1993)

*October 18th, 1905, N’Gokro †December 7th, 1993, Yamoussoukro

66

Louis Armand

French engineer, inventor, administrator, and resistance fighter (1905-1971)

*January 17th, 1905, Cruseilles †August 30th, 1971, Villers-sur-Mer

50

Robert Newton

English stage and film actor

*June 1st, 1905, Shaftesbury †March 25th, 1956, Beverly Hills

77

Henry Fonda

American actor (1905–1982)

*May 16th, 1905, Grand Island †August 12th, 1982, Los Angeles

85

Carl David Anderson

American physicist

*September 3rd, 1905, New York City †January 11th, 1991, San Marino

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1905 is a normal year and no leap year.

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