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 127^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 24, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 485,160 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 ‘hectaicosaheptagon’ 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 286 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 4,520 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 7 Historical Events

• 351 –
  The Jewish revolt against Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.
• 1718 –
  The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
• 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.
• 1920 –
  The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
• 1937 –
  Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco’s forces.
• 1946 –
  Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
• 1954 –
  Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).
• 1994 –
  Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after having been stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
• 2009 –
  Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand.

Who were born on May 7?

• 1605 –
  Patriarch Nikon, 7th patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 1681)
• 1767 –
  Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
• 1840 –
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
• 1892 –
  Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)
• 1923 –
  Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1933 –
  Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
• 1946 –
  Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
• 1946 –
  Marv Hubbard, American football player
• 1959 –
  Michael E. Knight, American actor
• 1976 –
  Calvin Booth, American basketball player

Who died on May 7?

• 1092 –
  Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
• 1539 –
  Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
• 1805 –
  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1840 –
  Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
• 1868 –
  Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1922 –
  Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
• 1940 –
  George Lansbury, British Labour Party leader (b. 1859)
• 1941 –
  Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
• 2000 –
  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
• 2006 –
  Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)