May 7
May 7 is the 127th day of the Gregorian calendar ( 128th in leap years), thus still remain 238 days of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 0973: Otto II, co-emperor since 967, after the death of his father Otto I the sole emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 2004: Surprisingly rapid constitutional changes adopted in Turkey will increase the chances for negotiations on a subsequent EU accession. Among other things, abolished in all cases, so the death penalty.
- 2009: The European Union sealed at the founding meeting in Prague an "Eastern Partnership" with the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.
- 2012: Victor Ponta (PSD ) is elected Prime Minister of Romania.
Economy
Science and Technology
- 0558: The very flat dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses in an earthquake in Constantinople Opel. It is built in the next few years.
- 1895: History of radio broadcasting: The Russian physicist Alexander Popov demonstrated the possibility of transmission and reception of electrical oscillations.
Culture
- 2005: In Herford, designed by architect Frank Gehry Museum of Contemporary Art and Design MARTa Herford is opened. Artistic Director is the Belgian curator Jan Hoet.
Society
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Nature and Environment
Sports
- 2010: In front of a record crowd of 77,803 spectators, the German national ice hockey team defeated the USA in the opening game of the 74th Ice Hockey World Championship for Men in the Veltins - Arena in Gelsenkirchen 2-1 after extra time.
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
Alexis -Claude Clairaut (* 1713)
Olympe de Gouges (* 1748)
Józef Poniatowski (* 1763)
19th century
Johannes Brahms (* 1833)
Rabindranath Thakur (* 1861)
Władysław Reymont (* 1867)
Josip Broz Tito (* 1897)
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0973: Otto I "the Great", East Frankish king and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1166: William I, King of Sicily
- 1369: Simon II de Bucy, first President of the French Parliaments'
- 1482: Diether von Isenburg, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1491: Benoît de Mont Ferrand, Bishop of Coutances and Lausanne
- 1508: Nil Sorsky, Russian starets
19th century
20th century
21st Century
- 2001: Elizabeth Reichelt, German opera singer and coloratura soprano
- 2002: Horst Schmidt weapons, German politicians
- 2003: František Kovaříček, Czech composer and music educator
- 2004: Julia Boenisch, German journalist and author
- 2004: Volker Gwinner, German composer and organist
- 2005: Tristan Egolf, American writer
- 2005: Jean Carrière, French writer
- 2006: Steve Bender, German singer
- 2007: Isabella Blow, British journalist and patroness
- 2007: Hartwig Amman, German pastor and local historian
- 2009: Egmont Lüftner, Austrian music manager
- 2009: Tony Marsh, British race car driver
- 2010: Peter Eight, German Diploma sufferers and historian
- 2010: Francisco Aguabella, Cuban Latin jazz drummer and percussionist
- 2011: Severiano Ballesteros, Spanish professional golfer
- 2011: Willard Boyle, a Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate
- 2013: Ray Harryhausen, American animator and animation technicians
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Otto I ( HRR ), Roman- German Emperor ( Protestant)
- St. Duje in Split, Syrian martyr and Bishop ( Catholic)
- Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, German -American pastor and theologian (Protestant: LCMS )
- Name Days Gisela
- Silke
- Alexei
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in May