History Events on May 07

The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.

#Republic_of_China_(1912-1949)

Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

#Kosovo_War

The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

#Council_of_Europe

A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

#China_Northern_Airlines_Flight_6136

The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

#Cambridge_Chronicle

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

#Cold_War

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.

#Stockholm

The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.

#Integrated_circuit

World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Sh?h?; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.

#Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea

Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.

#Space_Shuttle_program

American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

#American_Civil_War

The Honda Accord is officially launched.

#Honda_Accord

The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.

#New_Orleans

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.

#Clipper

Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.

#Siege_of_Málaga_(1487)

French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

#French_Revolution

The 7.1 Mw? Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.

#1930_Salmas_earthquake

World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.

#World_War_I

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.

#Edvard_Munch

In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.

#Constantinople

Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Pi?sudski and Edward Rydz-?mig?y and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.

#Kiev_Offensive_(1920)

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.

#McDonald's

In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope.

#Second_Council_of_Lyon

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.

#Saint_Petersburg

World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.

#Ludwig_van_Beethoven

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.

#Michigan

World War II: 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.

#World_War_II

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.

#Alfred_Jodl

Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.

#Pontiac's_War

Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.

#Spanish_Civil_War

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.

#Sony

Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.

#Vladimir_Putin

In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.

#Guinea-Bissau

American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.

Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.

Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).

World War II: Last German U boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.

The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.

Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.

Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.

Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.

Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles.

The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.