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May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 238 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.
• 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
• 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
• 1429 – Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
• 1487 – The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
• 1664 – Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.
• 1685 – Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
• 1697 – Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Royal Palace.
• 1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
• 1763 – Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
• 1794 – French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
• 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
• 1832 – Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
• 1840 – The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
• 1846 – The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• 1864 – The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• 1895 – In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• 1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire
• 1915 – Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)
• 1920 – Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• 1920 – Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• 1920 – The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
• 1928 – The Jinan incident begins with Japanese forces killing the Chinese negotiating team in Jinan, China, and going on to kill over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
• 1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
• 1942 – During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
• 1945 – World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
• 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
• 1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• 1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• 1954 – Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).
• 1960 – Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
• 1976 – Honda Accord officially launched
• 1986 – Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
• 1992 – Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
• 1992 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
• 1992 – Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
• 1994 – Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
• 1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
• 1999 – Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
• 1999 – Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
• 1999 – In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
• 2000 – Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
• 2002 – A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
• 2004 – American businessman Nick Berg, is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
• 2007 – Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
• 2009 – Over 100 New Zealand police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier.

Births

• 1328 – Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)
• 1530 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)
• 1605 – Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)
• 1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (d. 1700)
• 1700 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-American physician (d. 1772)
• 1704 – Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (d. 1759)
• 1711 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)
• 1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)
• 1740 – Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)
• 1748 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)
• 1763 – Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (d. 1813)
• 1767 – Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)
• 1774 – William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833)
• 1787 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
• 1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (d. 1889)
• 1826 – Varina Davis, American wife of Jefferson Davis (d. 1906)
• 1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1926)
• 1837 – Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)
• 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
• 1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
• 1857 – William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
• 1860 – Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)
• 1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
• 1875 – Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
• 1880 – Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)
• 1881 – George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)
• 1885 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1889 – Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (d. 1943)
• 1891 – Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)
• 1892 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)
• 1892 – Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)
• 1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1903 – Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)
• 1911 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)
• 1913 – John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer
• 1914 – Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
• 1916 – W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant
• 1917 – David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)
• 1920 – Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic
• 1921 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Lew Anderson, American actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Anne Baxter, American actress and singer (d. 1985)
• 1923 – Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Totie Fields, American comedian and author (d. 1978)
• 1930 – Babe Parilli, American football player and coach
• 1930 – John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician
• 1931 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Gene Wolfe, American author
• 1932 – Jordi Bonet, Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)
• 1932 – Alan Cuthbert, English pharmacologist and academic
• 1932 – Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque
• 1933 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Michael Hopkins, English architect
• 1936 – Bobby Joe Green, American football player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1936 – Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author
• 1936 – Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman
• 1937 – Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1939 – Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 – Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 – Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1939 – Clive Soley, Baron Soley, English politician
• 1940 – Angela Carter, English English novelist, short story writer (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 – Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge
• 1943 – Terry Allen, American singer and painter
• 1943 – Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1943 – John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
• 1944 – Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, director, and producer (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 – Robin Strasser, American actress
• 1946 – Marv Hubbard, American football player (d. 2015)
• 1946 – Michael Rosen, English author and poet
• 1946 – Brian Turner, English chef and television host
• 1949 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996)
• 1950 – Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)
• 1951 – Bernie Marsden, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1952 – Stanley Dickens, Swedish race car driver
• 1953 – Pat McInally, American football player and coach
• 1953 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
• 1954 – Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
• 1954 – Joanna Haigh, English meteorologist and physicist
• 1954 – Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Florența Crăciunescu, Romanian discus thrower (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
• 1955 – Ben Poquette, American basketball player
• 1955 – Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter
• 1956 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 – Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
• 1956 – Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
• 1956 – Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician
• 1956 – Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1958 – Mikhail Biryukov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1958 – Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic
• 1958 – Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
• 1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor
• 1959 – Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic
• 1960 – Adam Bernstein, American director and screenwriter
• 1960 – Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
• 1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish author
• 1961 – Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician
• 1961 – Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic
• 1961 – Phil Campbell, Welsh guitarist and songwriter
• 1961 – Ivar Must, Estonian composer and producer
• 1962 – Tony Campbell, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Judith Donath, American computer scientist and academic
• 1963 – Johnny Lee Middleton, American bass player and songwriter
• 1964 – Ronnie Harmon, American football player
• 1964 – Denis Mandarino, Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter
• 1964 – Leslie O'Neal, American football player
• 1965 – Reuben Davis, American football player
• 1965 – Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1965 – Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Huang Zhihong, Chinese shot putter
• 1967 – Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter
• 1967 – Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
• 1968 – Traci Lords, American actress
• 1968 – Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1968 – Florian Schwarthoff, German hurdler
• 1969 – Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1971 – Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer
• 1971 – Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Thomas Piketty, French economist
• 1972 – Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)
• 1972 – Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1973 – Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter and producer
• 1973 – Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
• 1974 – Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
• 1974 – Ian Pearce, English footballer and manager
• 1975 – Ashley Cowan, English cricketer
• 1975 – Martina Topley-Bird, English singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Calvin Booth, American basketball player
• 1976 – Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 – Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1976 – Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
• 1976 – Ayelet Shaked, Israeli Minister of Justice (since 2015)
• 1977 – Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 – Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
• 1978 – James Carter, American hurdler
• 1978 – Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1979 – Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1981 – Tim Connolly, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
• 1982 – Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer
• 1984 – James Loney, American baseball player
• 1984 – Alex Smith, American football player
• 1984 – Drew Stanton, American football player
• 1984 – Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler
• 1985 – Jarrad Hickey, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Drew Neitzel, American basketball player
• 1986 – Matt Helders, English drummer
• 1987 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• 1987 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
• 1987 – Jérémy Ménez, French footballer
• 1987 – Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – David Schlemko, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1988 – Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1989 – Raina, South Korean singer, dancer, model and rapper
• 1989 – Master Shortie, English rapper and producer
• 1990 – Yoon Bit-garam, South Korean footballer
• 1995 – Seko Fofana, French footballer
• 1997 – Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• 1998 – Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player

Deaths

• 685 – Marwan I, Umayyah general and caliph (b. 623)
• 973 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
• 1092 – Remigius de Fécamp, English monk and bishop
• 1427 – Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (b. 1352)
• 1523 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481)
• 1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
• 1617 – David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
• 1667 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
• 1682 – Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
• 1685 – Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
• 1718 – Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 – Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 – Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 – Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 – C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 – Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 – Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 – William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 – Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1940 – George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 – James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 – Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 – Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 – Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1958 – Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1978 – Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1989 – Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1990 – Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1993 – Duane Carter, American racing driver (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
• 2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
• 2005 – Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)
• 2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)
• 2009 – David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957)
• 2011 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Ray Harryhausen, American visual effects creator, writer, and producer (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2013 – George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Frank DiPascali, American businessman (b. 1956)
• 2015 – John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2016 – Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian professional footballer (b. 1990)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Acacius of Byzantium
  • Agostino Roscelli
  • Flavia Domitilla
  • Gisela of Hungary
  • Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • John of Beverley
  • Rose Venerini
  • Stanislaus (Roman Martyrology)
  • May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
• Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
• National Masturbation Day (United States, unofficial)
• Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada