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 127th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 24, 2022 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,651,881,600 seconds 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.
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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 260 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 3,424 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 7 Historical Events
- 558 –In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
- 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.
- 1664 –Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
- 1847 –The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- 1948 –The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
- 1974 –West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
- 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.
- 1999 –In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
- 2000 –Vladimir Putin is inaugurated president of Russia
Who were born on May 7?
- 1840 –Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
- 1912 –Pannalal Patel, Gujarati author (d. 1989)
- 1922 –Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
- 1927 –Jim Lowe, American singer
- 1927 –Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
- 1953 –Pat McInally, American football player
- 1969 –Rick Porras, American film producer
- 1971 –Horgh, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy)
- 1984 –Alex Smith, American football player
- 1988 –Natalie Mejia, American dancer and singer (Girlicious)
Who died on May 7?
- 973 –Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
- 1427 –Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
- 1667 –Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)
- 1951 –Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
- 1995 –Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 2000 –Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
- 2004 –Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
- 2007 –Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
- 2009 –David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)
- 2011 –Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
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