What are the important events that happened on May 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 7 is the 128th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 24, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,400 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosaoctagon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 267 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,155 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 7 Historical Events
- 1274 –In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
- 1348 –Charles University in Prague (Universitas Carolina/Univerzita Karlova) is established as the first university in Central Europe.
- 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.
- 1832 –The independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King.
- 1847 –The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 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 –The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
- 1920 –Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
- 1942 –During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Japanese Imperial 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.
- 1994 –Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after having been stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
Who were born on May 7?
- 1748 –Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
- 1767 –Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
- 1909 –Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
- 1946 –Jerry Nolan, American musician (The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1992)
- 1951 –Robert Hegyes, American actor
- 1959 –Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
- 1965 –Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer
- 1970 –Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor
- 1973 –Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
- 1977 –Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
Who died on May 7?
- 973 –Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
- 1667 –Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)
- 1718 –Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)
- 1825 –Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750)
- 1868 –Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
- 1925 –William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
- 1995 –Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2005 –Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
- 2006 –Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
- 2011 –Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
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