Also on This Day in History May 7
Discover what happened on May 7 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,
famous births and notable deaths.
Births on This Day, May 7
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1748
Olympe de Gouges
French playwright and revolutionary
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1812
Robert Browning
English Poet
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1861
Rabindranath Tagore
Indian philosopher, poet, writer
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1847
Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister
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1909
Edwin Land
American inventor of instant photography and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation
Deaths on This Day, May 7
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1805
William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain
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1896
H. H. Holmes
American serial killer
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1957
Wilhelm Filchner
German explorer who led the German Antarctic expedition of 1911–12
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1951
Warner Baxter
American actor
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2011
Seve Ballesteros
Spanish Golfer
1915
RMS Lusitania Sinks
The RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles (20 kilometres) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.
1917
Ruth Leads Victory
In a testament to his pitching ability, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth leads Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory against Washington Senators legend Walter Johnson
1945
Nazi Germany Surrenders
Unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims, Northern France
1975
End of Vietnam Era
US President Gerald Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" The Vietnam War officially ended with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured the capital of South Vietnam, marking the conclusion of the conflict and the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.