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Historical Events on May 7

  • New Orleans

    1718

    The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

  • World War I

    1915

    World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire

  • Spanish Civil War

    1937

    Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

  • Cold War

    1960

    Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

  • Kosovo War

    1999

    Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

  • Vladimir Putin

    2000

    Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.

  • Israel

    2007

    Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

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