388 Historic Events for May 7
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| 1902 |
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Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Sal Gliatto, baseball player
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Basil Nield, judge/politician
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| 1904 |
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Peter Hille, writer, dies
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| 1904 |
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Flexible Flyer trademark registered
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| 1907 |
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Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Jef van Durme, composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Wouter Paap, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Edwin H Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
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| 1909 |
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Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)
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| 1910 |
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35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist
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| 1912 |
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Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
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| 1913 |
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British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote
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| 1914 |
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Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House
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| 1914 |
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US Congress establishes mother's day
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| 1914 |
Death |
Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
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| 1915 |
Death |
Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
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| 1915 |
Death |
Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
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| 1915 |
Death |
Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
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| 1915 |
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Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Daniel GillŠs, Belgian writer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert
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