May 7th, 1926

Born on May 7th, 1926

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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

Same year
Born in 1926

65

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

*October 18th, 1926, Sopot †November 23rd, 1991, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

36

Marilyn Monroe

American actress and model (1926–1962)

*June 1st, 1926, Los Angeles †August 4th, 1962, Brentwood

96

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022

*April 21st, 1926, Mayfair †September 8th, 2022, Balmoral Castle

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

*March 4th, 1926, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2019, 16th arrondissement of Paris

89

Erika Arlt

German local historian (1926-2015)

*March 30th, 1926, Oberröblingen †November 12th, 2015

90

Fidel Castro

Cuban politician and revolutionary (1926–2016)

*August 13th, 1926, Birán †November 25th, 2016, Havana

91

John Friedmann

American city planner (1926-2017)

*April 16th, 1926, Vienna †June 11th, 2017, Vancouver

85

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

100

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

90

Emil Stehle

German bishop and theologian (1926–2017)

*September 3rd, 1926, Mühlhausen †May 16th, 2017, Constance

90

Diana Ingro

Argentinian actress

*October 26th, 1926, Ramos Mejía †March 23rd, 2017, Buenos Aires

57

Michel Foucault

French philosopher (1926–1984)

*October 15th, 1926, Poitiers †June 25th, 1984, 13th arrondissement of Paris

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

*June 6th, 1926, Merseburg †January 11th, 1998, Heikendorf

96

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022, California

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

*December 24th, 1926, Krasnystaw †April 22nd, 2017, Warsaw

91

Olbram Zoubek

Czech sculptor (1926–2017)

*April 21st, 1926, Prague †June 15th, 2017, Prague

96

Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

*August 3rd, 1926, Queens †July 21st, 2023, New York City

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

89

Peter Kolmsee

German military historian

*March 25th, 1926, Cochstedt †February 6th, 2016, Mettmann

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

*June 3rd, 1926, Duck Hill †May 17th, 2017, Coral Gables

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 7th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1926 is a normal year and no leap year.

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