About May 7
May 7, 2023 is the 127th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
What no one tells you about your first name’s personality. Are there magical powers in your given name? Check out Alexis’ personality today! (Sponsored links)
Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 279 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 7
- 351 –The Jewish revolt against Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.
- 558 –In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
- 1274 –In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
- 1429 –Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War.
- 1824 –World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
- 1840 –The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- 1846 –The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1847 –The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1920 –Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
- 1920 –The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
- 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.
- 1952 –The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
- 1954 –Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).
- 1974 –West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
- 1986 –Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
- 1994 –Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after having been stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
- 1998 –Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
- 1999 –Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
- 2004 –American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
- 2007 –Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters HQECEZWEJIJI? Check your answers here: Word scramble HQECEZWEJIJI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Share or Link to This Page: