A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 7 throughout history.
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Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the…
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents he receives for the explosive material
Columbia University approves plans to award the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after establishment by Joseph Pulitzer
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
German Third Reich General Alfred Jodl signs documents of surrender to the Allies at Reims, France; Soviet Union refuses to recognize it
The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated in 1960.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017.
Dangal (transl. 'wrestling bout') is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur under Aamir...
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, with libretto by poet Friedrich von Schiller, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
Champion Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. retires after winning 7,057 thoroughbred horse races
US Senator Albert B. Fall (21) weds Emma Garland Morgan in Clarksville, Texas
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
American actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds American actress Cynthia Stone (24); divorce in 1956
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles (in modern France), in 1274.
1,200 Jews of Toledo, Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
Portuguese explorer Pêro da Covilhã departs Santarém on a mission to India and Abyssinia - succeeds in reaching both, laying the ground for future Portuguese voyages of exploration
The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon.
Cornelis Gooyer establishes the first permanent Dutch settlement on Mauritius, then uninhabited
First English translation of the Qur'an "Alcoran of Mahomet" is published in London by Alexander Ross, based on a French translation
Isaac B. Fubine of Savoy in The Hague patents macaroni
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
Stockholm's medieval royal castle is destroyed by fire, the Codex Gigas (world's largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript) survives by being thrown out a window
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France.
Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.
Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, writer and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic...
Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c. July 1806) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America,...
Influential Gothic romance "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is published by Ann Ratcliffe in London
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an organized incorporated territory of the...
Japanese Emperor Kōkaku abdicates in favour of his son Emperor Ninkō
The Kingdom of Greece was the Greek monarchy established in 1832 and was the successor to the First Hellenic Republic.
The settlement of Mayagüez elevates Puerto Rico to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain
Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317
The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.
Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
Argentina and Brazil sign a navigation pact
Riot occurs between pro-secessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee
Battle of West Point, Virginia at Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville
Battle of Wilderness ends inconclusively in Virginia, Union losses 17,666; Confederates 7,500
Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
US marines attack Panama
German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term "bullpen" to indicate baseball field foul territory where late-coming spectators were herded like cattle
John E. W. Thompson named US minister to Haiti
Édouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris
Battle in Bunyoro: British Captain Frederick Lugard stops Muslim rebellion, 300 killed
Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver in St. Petersburg. Celebrated as Radio Day in Russia.
La Soufrière volcano on St Vincent kills 1,680 people
Flexible Flyer trademark registered
Central American Court of Justice inaugurated in San Jose, Costa Rica - first standing tribunal for International Law in the world [1]
Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
An ambassadorial conference in St Petersburg, Russia, awards the town of Silistria to Rumania in compensation for Bulgaria's other territorial gains in the First Balkan War
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
Baseball in the Netherlands started in 1911, having been introduced to the country by teacher J.C.G Grasé of Amsterdam, following a holiday to America.
Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1st projection planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany
Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal
Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region
Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
British House of Commons begins its Norway Debate on the conduct of the war after Germany invades Norway, leads to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister
The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a...
British 11th Hussars occupy Tunis
Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
The year 1947 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1947.
Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death
Roem–Van Roijen Agreement negotiated in Jakarta between Indonesian Republican Mohammad Roem and Jan Herman van Roijen for Netherlands - paves the way for independence
International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L.E. Marron in Chile
French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great Britain
Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
MLB Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive by New York Yankees Gil McDougald at Municipal Stadium; Score misses the rest of the season
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m
Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and then the Making of...
SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting
"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas, with backing music by members of the Wrecking Crew for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes...
Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South.
The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music.
The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) (Explorer 53) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from 7 May 1975 to 9 April 1979.
5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
Paul Geidel Jr, American murderer, and longest-serving prison inmate in the United States, paroled after 68 years, 296 days, at the age of 86.
Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
Iraq bombs a Tehran oil refiner
West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a city in Yolo County, California, United States.
Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,...
Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
27th Amendment to US Constitution is ratified; bars increases to congressional pay from taking effect until after an intervening election [1] [2]
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993.
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western...
Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $US40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the then largest industrial merger in history
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was a Bissau-Guinean politician and military officer who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005...
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CBF6136/CJ6136) was a Chinese domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport.
Arsenal thrash Southampton, 6-1 at Highbury to start Gunners' amazing English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak; ends 24 October, 2004 with 2-0 defeat at Manchester United
Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University announces he has discovered the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, West Bank
NATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province
20 people are killed and 36 are injured after a gas tanker explodes in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
From the end of February 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the ousting of Russian-leaning Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, demonstrations...
Global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study
In the United States, psilocybin is classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, which prohibits its use, sale, and possession under federal law.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the US city of Baltimore, demanding a ransom in Bitcoins to unlock them
Toxic leak at Indian chemical factory near Visakhapatnam kills at least 13 and injures many when it tried to reopen after lockdown
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff.
Afghan women issued decree to cover their faces in public (hijab reaching head to toe) by Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or her male guardian faces criminal punishment [1]
Man rams car into group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight people and injuring at least 10 [1]
Israeli forces seize control of Gaza's Rafah crossing into Egypt after Hamas announce they are accepting a cease-fire proposal [1]
The papal conclave of 2025 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Francis following his death on 21 April 2025.
David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist, known for scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist, was born on 1711-05-07.
Olympe de Gouges is born
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, known for english poet and playwright, was born on 1812-05-07.
Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Lankan bengali polymath, known for bengali polymath, was born on 1861-05-07.
Gary Cooper, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1901-05-07. Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style.
Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, known for argentine actress and politician, was born on 1919-05-07.
Tim Russert, American lawyer and tv journalist, known for american lawyer and tv journalist, was born on 1950-05-07.
MrBeast, American youtuber, known for american youtuber, was born on 1999-05-07. James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality and businessman.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian musician, known for russian composer, was born on 1840-05-07. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Johnny Unitas, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1933-05-07.
Albert Frederick is born
Archibald Primrose is born
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and teacher, known for italian composer and teacher, died on 1825-05-07.
H. H. Holmes con artist and serial killer, known for american con artist and serial killer, died on 1896-05-07. Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr.
Craig Wood dies
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles (in modern France), in 1274.
1,200 Jews of Toledo, Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the…
Portuguese explorer Pêro da Covilhã departs Santarém on a mission to India and Abyssinia - succeeds in reaching both, laying the ground for future Portuguese voyages of exploration
Albert Frederick is born
The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon.
Cornelis Gooyer establishes the first permanent Dutch settlement on Mauritius, then uninhabited
First English translation of the Qur'an "Alcoran of Mahomet" is published in London by Alexander Ross, based on a French translation
Isaac B. Fubine of Savoy in The Hague patents macaroni
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
Stockholm's medieval royal castle is destroyed by fire, the Codex Gigas (world's largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript) survives by being thrown out a window
David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist, known for scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist, was born on 1711-05-07.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French-Canadian colonial administrator in New France.
Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Olympe de Gouges is born
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.
Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, writer and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic...
Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c. July 1806) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America,...
Influential Gothic romance "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is published by Ann Ratcliffe in London
The Indiana Territory, officially the Territory of Indiana, was created by an organic act that President John Adams signed into law on May 7, 1800, to form an organized incorporated territory of the...
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, known for english poet and playwright, was born on 1812-05-07.
Japanese Emperor Kōkaku abdicates in favour of his son Emperor Ninkō
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, with libretto by poet Friedrich von Schiller, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and teacher, known for italian composer and teacher, died on 1825-05-07.
The Kingdom of Greece was the Greek monarchy established in 1832 and was the successor to the First Hellenic Republic.
The settlement of Mayagüez elevates Puerto Rico to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain
Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian musician, known for russian composer, was born on 1840-05-07. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.
Archibald Primrose is born
Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
Argentina and Brazil sign a navigation pact
Riot occurs between pro-secessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee
Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Lankan bengali polymath, known for bengali polymath, was born on 1861-05-07.
Battle of West Point, Virginia at Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville
Battle of Wilderness ends inconclusively in Virginia, Union losses 17,666; Confederates 7,500
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents he receives for the explosive material
Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
US marines attack Panama
German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term "bullpen" to indicate baseball field foul territory where late-coming spectators were herded like cattle
US Senator Albert B. Fall (21) weds Emma Garland Morgan in Clarksville, Texas
John E. W. Thompson named US minister to Haiti
Édouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris
Battle in Bunyoro: British Captain Frederick Lugard stops Muslim rebellion, 300 killed
Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver in St. Petersburg. Celebrated as Radio Day in Russia.
H. H. Holmes con artist and serial killer, known for american con artist and serial killer, died on 1896-05-07. Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr.
Gary Cooper, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1901-05-07. Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style.
La Soufrière volcano on St Vincent kills 1,680 people
Flexible Flyer trademark registered
Central American Court of Justice inaugurated in San Jose, Costa Rica - first standing tribunal for International Law in the world [1]
Emperor Franz-Joseph celebrates his golden jubilee with festivities throughout the Austro-Hungarian empire
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Columbia University approves plans to award the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after establishment by Joseph Pulitzer
An ambassadorial conference in St Petersburg, Russia, awards the town of Silistria to Rumania in compensation for Bulgaria's other territorial gains in the First Balkan War
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland, with 1,198 lives lost
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician, known for argentine actress and politician, was born on 1919-05-07.
USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
Baseball in the Netherlands started in 1911, having been introduced to the country by teacher J.C.G Grasé of Amsterdam, following a holiday to America.
Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1st projection planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany
Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal
Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
Johnny Unitas, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1933-05-07.
Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region
Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
British House of Commons begins its Norway Debate on the conduct of the war after Germany invades Norway, leads to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister
The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a...
British 11th Hussars occupy Tunis
German Third Reich General Alfred Jodl signs documents of surrender to the Allies at Reims, France; Soviet Union refuses to recognize it
Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
The year 1947 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1947.
Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death
Roem–Van Roijen Agreement negotiated in Jakarta between Indonesian Republican Mohammad Roem and Jan Herman van Roijen for Netherlands - paves the way for independence
American actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds American actress Cynthia Stone (24); divorce in 1956
Tim Russert, American lawyer and tv journalist, known for american lawyer and tv journalist, was born on 1950-05-07.
International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated in 1960.
Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L.E. Marron in Chile
French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great Britain
Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
MLB Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive by New York Yankees Gil McDougald at Municipal Stadium; Score misses the rest of the season
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m
Dodgers Larry & Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery
Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and then the Making of...
SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting
"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas & the Papas, with backing music by members of the Wrecking Crew for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes...
Craig Wood dies
Lt General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South.
The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music.
The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) (Explorer 53) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from 7 May 1975 to 9 April 1979.
5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
Paul Geidel Jr, American murderer, and longest-serving prison inmate in the United States, paroled after 68 years, 296 days, at the age of 86.
Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
Iraq bombs a Tehran oil refiner
West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a city in Yolo County, California, United States.
Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,...
Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Champion Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. retires after winning 7,057 thoroughbred horse races
27th Amendment to US Constitution is ratified; bars increases to congressional pay from taking effect until after an intervening election [1] [2]
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993.
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western...
Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $US40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the then largest industrial merger in history
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was a Bissau-Guinean politician and military officer who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005...
MrBeast, American youtuber, known for american youtuber, was born on 1999-05-07. James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality and businessman.
China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (CBF6136/CJ6136) was a Chinese domestic passenger flight from Beijing Capital International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport.
Arsenal thrash Southampton, 6-1 at Highbury to start Gunners' amazing English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak; ends 24 October, 2004 with 2-0 defeat at Manchester United
Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University announces he has discovered the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, West Bank
NATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province
20 people are killed and 36 are injured after a gas tanker explodes in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
From the end of February 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the ousting of Russian-leaning Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, demonstrations...
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017.
Dangal (transl. 'wrestling bout') is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur under Aamir...
Global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study
In the United States, psilocybin is classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, which prohibits its use, sale, and possession under federal law.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the US city of Baltimore, demanding a ransom in Bitcoins to unlock them
Toxic leak at Indian chemical factory near Visakhapatnam kills at least 13 and injures many when it tried to reopen after lockdown
The 2021 Cleveland Indians season was the 121st season for the franchise. It was the ninth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and sixth under general manager Mike Chernoff.
Afghan women issued decree to cover their faces in public (hijab reaching head to toe) by Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or her male guardian faces criminal punishment [1]
Man rams car into group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight people and injuring at least 10 [1]
Israeli forces seize control of Gaza's Rafah crossing into Egypt after Hamas announce they are accepting a cease-fire proposal [1]
The papal conclave of 2025 was convened to elect a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, to succeed Francis following his death on 21 April 2025.