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05/07/1943
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British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia
Type: Event
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05/07/1943
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Christopher Taylor White, rocker
Type: Birth
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05/07/1944
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Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
Type: Birth
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05/07/1944
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German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia
Type: Event
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05/07/1944
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John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1944
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Sivi Aberg, actress (Batman TV show)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1945
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Nazi generals Jodl and Von Friedenburg surrender
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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British troops pull into Utrecht Neth
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
Type: Event
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05/07/1945
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Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1945
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Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP (CDA)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1946
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William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
Type: Event
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05/07/1946
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Richard L Brodsky, US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- )
Type: Birth
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05/07/1946
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Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for Engld 1907-08), dies
Type: Death
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05/07/1946
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Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
Type: Death
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05/07/1946
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Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1946
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Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1947
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Paraguayian govt unleashes contra revolt
Type: Event
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05/07/1947
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"Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
Type: Event
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05/07/1947
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General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
Type: Event
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05/07/1948
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Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1948
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Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death
Type: Event
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05/07/1949
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75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
Type: Event
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05/07/1949
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Stuart Marshall, director (Desire)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1949
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Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth England, playmate of the year (Jan, 1972)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1950
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Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1950
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Janis Ian, [Fink], NYC, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1951
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Robert Hegyes, NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1951
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Warner Baxter, dies at 62
Type: Death
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05/07/1951
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David Whitton, campaigner
Type: Birth
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05/07/1951
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Intl Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
Type: Event
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05/07/1951
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
Type: Event
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05/07/1952
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Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1952
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Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1953
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Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs and 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
Type: Death
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05/07/1953
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Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile
Type: Event
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05/07/1953
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"Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
Type: Event
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05/07/1954
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French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
Type: Event
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05/07/1954
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US, Great-Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO
Type: Event
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05/07/1955
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USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain
Type: Event
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05/07/1955
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81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8
Type: Event
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05/07/1955
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Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor (Days of our Lifes)
Type: Birth
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05/07/1955
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West Europe Union established
Type: Event
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05/07/1956
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Type: Event
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05/07/1956
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NY Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
Type: Event
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