388 Historic Events for May 7
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Clarence Dickinson, composer
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| 1875 |
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German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
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| 1876 |
Death |
Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
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| 1877 |
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Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Gino Roncaglia, composer
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
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| 1884 |
Death |
Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
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| 1885 |
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John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
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| 1885 |
Birth |
George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
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| 1888 |
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Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
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| 1888 |
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George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I)
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| 1891 |
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Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Vera Chapman, writer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Ralph Truman, London England, actor (Web of Evidence)
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| 1900 |
Death |
Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
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| 1901 |
Birth |
L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)
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