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What happened in history on this day: May 7?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 7 in ...
- 1985 - Wang Laboratories introduces four new versions of its professional computers compatible with the IBM PC.
- 1988 - WordPerfect ships the first maintenance release for WordPerfect 5.0.
- 1997 - Intel releases the Pentium II processor. It features a new 66 MHz bus interface called Slot 1, 200 MHz 32 kB Level 1 cache, MMX instructions, 512 kB Level 2 external cache. CPU speeds available are 233, 266, and 300 MHz. The processor incorporates 7.5 million transistors using 0.35 micron process technology, and performs at 613 MIPS (300 MHz). Prices are US$636 (233 MHz), US$775 (266 MHz), and US$1981 (300 MHz) in 1000 unit quantities. Code-name during development was Klamath.
- 1924 - Disney ships the fifth Alice Comedy film, Alice's Fishy Story, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring "Andrews' Raiders, episode 1: Secret Mission". It is a TV version of the film The Great Locomotive Chase.
- 1988 - The Disney Channel airs the film Lady and the Tramp, the first time the film is shown on television.
- 2000 - The ABC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Geppetto.
- 1979 - Three options are made standard equipment on 1979 Corvettes: air conditioning, power windows, and tilt-telescopic steering column, adding $706 to the base price.
- 1994 - In France, Reeves Callaway formally introduces the Callaway SuperNatural Corvette. The car features 6.3-liter (384-ci) V-8, and body designed by Paul Deutschmann.
- 2006 - At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, the U.S. Sports Car Invitational race is held, round six of the Grand American Rolex Series.
- Finishing 10th in GT class and 33rd overall is the Stevenson Motorsports #57 Corvette, driven by Vic Rice, Tommy Riggins, and John Stevenson.
- Finishing 15th in GT class and 39th overall is the Beachman Racing #56 Corvette, driven by Rick Delamare and Bruce Beachman.
- 2006 - At the Silverstone circuit in England, the first race of the FIA GT3 European Championship is held. Six Corvette Z06.R cars are entered, three by Team Riverside, three by Team Carsport/Callaway. None finishes in the top three.
- 1940 - French General Maurice-Gustave Gamelin restores leave for Army soldiers.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler sets May 10 as the date for Operation Sichelschnitt (sickle cut).
- 1941 - French Deputy Premier Jean Darlan concludes a secret treaty with Germany, allowing German arms shipments across Syria to Iraq.
- 1942 - (0810 hours) Japanese aircraft sight the US Cruiser Support Group under Rear-Admiral Crace of the British Royal Navy.
- 1942 - (0815 hours) American aircraft sight two Japanese carriers and four heavy cruisers in the Coral Sea.
- 1942 - (0830 hours) Japanese carrier Shoho sights American carrier Yorktown.
- 1942 - (0900 hours) Japanese carrier-based planes attack American warships Sims and Neosho. Inouye orders the invasion fleet to turn away from its Port Moresby destination.
- 1942 - (0926 to 1030 hours) Yorktown launches planes to attack the Japanese carrier force in the Coral Sea.
- 1942 - (1100 hours) Planes from US carrier Yorktown sight the carrier Shoho.
- 1942 - (1135 hours) Torpedo planes from US carrier Yorktown put five torpedoes into Japanese carrier Shoho, sinking it.
- 1942 - (1358 hours) Land-based Japanese aircraft attack the Cruiser Support Group in the Coral Sea.
- 1942 - In Canada, the Prime Minister recommends to Cabinet that the National Resources Mobilization Act be amended, to allow conscription for overseas war duty.
- 1942 - Submarine U-136 shells and sinks Canadian merchant ship Mildred Pauline in the North Atlantic. There are no survivors.
- 1942 - (2400 hours) the Japanese invasion of Port Moresby is postponed.
- 1943 - American and British forces capture Tunis and Bizerte in North Africa. 160,000 German and Italian soldiers surrender at Tunis.
- 1943 - German submarine U-209 under commander Heinrich Brodda is lost with all hands (46 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-447 under commander Friedrich Bothe is lost with all hands (48 dead).
- 1944 - Adolf Hitler gives Erwin Rommel control of three panzer divisions in northern France, the 2nd, 21st, and 116th.
- 1945 - (0241 hours French time) At Rheims, France, German armed forces sign unconditional surrender, effective from 0001 hours on May 9. Signing for Germany is Chief of Staff of German Army Colonel General Gustaf Jodl. Signing for the Supreme Allied Commander is Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Walter Smith. Signing for France is General François Sevez. Signing for the Soviet Union is General Ivan Susloparoff.
- 1945 - The Soviet Union's Extraordinary State Commission reports that the German concentration camp of Oswiecim in Poland had systematically killed over four million citizens of the Soviet Union, Poland, France, Belguim, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and others. This is the greatest incidence of mass murder on recorded history.
- 1945 - American soldiers of the 85th Infantry Division of the US Ninth Army capture a resort hotel near Dobbiaca, Italy, near the Austrian border. The 150-man German garrison surrenders with little fight. Inside are 133 political hostages, intended to be executed if the hotel was captured. Included are former French Premier Léon Blum, Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, former Hungarian Premier Nicholas von Kallay, former Chief of German General Staff Franz Halder, and Alex von Stauffenberg. Schuschnigg had been held for seven years.
- 1945 - Japanese totalitarian party head General Jiro Minami declares that Japan never had the "slightest intention" of relying on the assistance of Germany in the Pacific war.
- 1945 - Nazis in Denmark surrender to Canadian Flying Officer Bob MacDougall, a Halifax bomber tail gunner who had been shot down April 26, and held as a prisoner of war.
- 1945 - British troops capture Dr. Anton Mussert in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the leader of Dutch Nazis.
- 1945 - The US House of Representatives passes a resolution authorizing the US to join the Allies in tracking down war criminals by all means possible.
- 1945 - About fifty US B-29 bombers make daytime bombing raids on four Kyushu airdromes and industrial areas. Two planes are shot down.
- 1945 - A German submarine torpedoes Canadian merchant ship Avondale Park.
- 1945 - The US First Marine Division reaches one mile from Naha, capital of Okinawa.
- 1945 - Spain severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
- 1945 - (1030 hours Paris time) The Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force holds a press conference, informing the press of the signing of German armed forces surrender. The information is not to be published until the public announcement 1500 hours May 8.
- 1945 - (1400 hours) From Flensburg, Germany, German Foreign Minister Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk announces that Karl Donitz had ordered the unconditional surrender of all German forces.
- 1945 - (evening) The Swedish Foreign Office announces Sweden has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany, and taken over the German Legation, Consulate, and other properties in Stockholm.
- 1945 - (evening) Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin announces the capture of Breslau, capital of Lower Silesia, after an 84-day siege. 40,000 Germans are captured.
- 1985 - The German Democratic Republic issues five postage stamps marking the 40th anniversary of liberation.
- 2005 - Ukraine issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2010 - Falkland Islands issues 8 postage stamps marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 1967 - Ralph Baer first tests his circuit for a simple block chase game on a standard television set.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A character says "Let's go to the arcade".
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party 3 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal Games releases the Van Helsing video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 1632 - King Gustav Adolf's forces enter Munich.
- 1945 - Germany capitulates, ending the war in Europe.
- 1945 - (evening) The Swedish Foreign Office announces Sweden has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany, and taken over the German Legation, Consulate, and other properties in Stockholm.
- 1987 - At the Royal Canadian Mint's Winnipeg facility, a ceremony is held for the first-striking of the new circulating $1 coin. Minister of Supply and Services Monique Vezina strikes the first coin.
- 1992 - In Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, the fifth 25c issue in the Canada 125 Coin Program is unveiled. Elizabeth Dulac created the design.
- 2005 - The Royal Canadian Mint launches the 1945-2005 commemorative 5-cent circulating coin. It features a torch and "V" design similar to the 1943-45 coins, but with a round edge, no morse code, and in nickel-plated steel.
- 2008 - The Royal Canadian Mint unveils a $2 circulating coin for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City. 6 million coins are to be produced. The design was created by Geneviève Bertrand.
- 1838 - The New Orleans Branch Mint begins operations, striking 1838 Seated Liberty dimes, first US coins with a "O" mint mark. After striking 30 dimes for special purposes, the press breaks down.
- 1849 - Chief Engraver James Longacre completes master dies for the Coronet gold dollar coin.
- 1981 - US Treasurer Angela Buchanan announces in a congressional hearing a reversal in Treasury policy, removing the government's objections to the production of U.S. commemorative coins.
- 1907 - Charles Collier wins first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race (38.22 mph).
- 1910 - 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6.
- 1917 - Boston Red Sox' Babe Ruth beats Washington Senators' Walter Johnson, 1-0.
- 1921 - 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2.
- 1922 - Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands, 2-1.
- 1922 - New York Giants' Jesse Barnes no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
- 1925 - Philadelphia Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row.
- 1925 - Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play.
- 1930 - Duleepsinhji scores 333 in cricket for Sussex versus Northants in 330 minutes.
- 1932 - At the Churchill Downs racecourse near Louisville, Kentucky, the 58th Kentucky Derby horse race is held. Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2. Total legal betting on the race: US$277,000.
- 1938 - 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8.
- 1945 - Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League.
- 1949 - 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2.
- 1951 - International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics.
- 1955 - 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8.
- 1956 - New York Giants' Bill White homers in his first at bat.
- 1957 - Cleveland Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive off Gil McDougald.
- 1959 - "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in Los Angeles Coliseum) sees Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat New York Yankees 6-2 in exhibition.
- 1960 - 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4.
- 1960 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Norm Sherry's 11th homerun wins the game for brother Larry.
- 1961 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open.
- 1966 - 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02.
- 1966 - New York Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene.
- 1967 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
- 1969 - Second ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1.
- 1972 - 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1.
- 1972 - Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic.
- 1977 - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2.
- 1979 - Gary Roenicke hits into Baltimore Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland Athletics).
- 1982 - Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
- 1983 - 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2.
- 1983 - Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2.
- 1984 - Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I.
- 1986 - Philadelphia Phillies' outfielder Garry Maddox retires.
- 1988 - 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2.
- 1989 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Mark Merrony of Wales cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet.
- 1991 - Haryana beats Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by two runs.
- 1992 - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races.
- 1994 - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6.
- 1994 - Denver Nuggets become NBA's first #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle SuperSonics).
- 1995 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
- 1995 - Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes.
- 1997 - Montreal Expos score 13 in 6th inning against San Francisco Giants.
- 1999 - The Cleveland Indians score 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9-1 deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 20-11.
- 2005 - At the age of 46 years and 257 days old, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves becomes the second-oldest player to hit a home run in major league baseball history.
- 2006 - With a 8-5 victory over the Texas Rangers, Joe Torre wins his 1000th game, the fourth New York Yankees manager to do so.
- 2009 - Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a banned substance.
- 2009 - The Boston Red Sox break an 84-year-old American League record by scoring 12 runs in an inning in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
- 2010 - The opening match of the 2010 world hockey championship between Germany and the United States is viewed by a world record crowd of 77,803 (validated by a representative of the Guinness World Book of Records) at the Veletins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Germany defeats the USA 2-1 in overtime.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Seattle Mariners by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Los Angeles Angels by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats San Diego Padres by score 8-0.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 13-7.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Boston Red Sox by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Detroit Tigers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Toronto Blue Jays beats Cleveland Guardians by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Cleveland Guardians beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Oakland Athletics by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Chicago Cubs by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Chicago Cubs by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Cincinnati Reds beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 9-2.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Cincinnati Reds by score 8-5.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 3: Dallas Stars beats Calgary Flames by score 4-2, leading series 2-1.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 3: Pittsburgh Penguins beats New York Rangers by score 7-4, leading series 2-1.
- 2022 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 3: Colorado Avalanche beats Nashville Predators by score 7-3, leading series 3-0.
- 2022 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 3: Washington Capitals beats Florida Panthers by score 6-1, leading series 2-1.
- 2022 - At Churchill Downs racetrack in Kentucky, the Kentucky Derby horse race is held. Jockey Sonny Jeon riding Richie wins the race in 2 minutes 2.61 seconds. Richie was 80-to-1 long shot, longest since 1913.
- 1963 - SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)).
- 1975 - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays.
- 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
- 1997 - Galileo, fourth Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8).
- 1840 - Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, USA, killing 317.
- 1789 - First inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York City, New York).
- 1792 - Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington).
- 1800 - Indiana Territory organized.
- 1838 - The New Orleans Branch Mint begins operations in Louisiana, USA, striking 1838 Seated Liberty dimes, first US coins with a "O" mint mark.
- 1840 - Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, USA, killing 317.
- 1847 - American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia).
- 1861 - Riot occurs between pro-secessionist and USA supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1862 - Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville).
- 1863 - Amiel Weeks Whipple, USA general-major, dies of injuries at age 46.
- 1864 - Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500).
- 1864 - Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Drewry's Bluff).
- 1867 - Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1873 - US marines attack Panamá.
- 1885 - John E W Thompson is named US minister to Haiti.
- 1888 - George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera".
- 1912 - Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories. The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer.
- 1915 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania passenger liner is sunk by German submarine southwest of Cobh, Ireland, in the Atlantic Ocean; 1198 lives lost including 128 Americans. One crewmember survives, who also survived the Empress of Ireland and Titanic.
- 1927 - San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated.
- 1929 - John Scalise, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone.
- 1929 - Albert Anselmi, US gangster, is murdered by Al Capone.
- 1929 - Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone.
- 1934 - World's largest pearl (6.4kg) found at Palawan, Philippines.
- 1942 - (1135 hours) Torpedo planes from US carrier Yorktown put five torpedoes into Japanese carrier Shoho, sinking it.
- 1943 - American and British forces capture Tunis and Bizerte in North Africa. 160,000 German and Italian soldiers surrender at Tunis.
- 1943 - Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, is launched.
- 1943 - US first Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia.
- 1943 - US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia.
- 1945 - (0241 hours French time) At Rheims, France, German armed forces sign unconditional surrender, effective from 0001 hours on May 9. Signing for Germany is Chief of Staff of German Army Colonel General Gustaf Jodl. Signing for the Supreme Allied Commander is Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Walter Smith. Signing for France is General François Sevez. Signing for the Soviet Union is General Ivan Susloparoff.
- 1947 - US General Douglas MacArthur approves Japanese constitution.
- 1954 - US, Great Britain, and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
- 1958 - Major Howard Johnson, US Air Force, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 metres.
- 1960 - USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a US Central Intelligence Agency spy.
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1963 - SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)).
- 1969 - Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Junior, US Marine Corp, becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era".
- 1980 - Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
- 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - US$180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit.
- 1986 - In Andreanof Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurs. Tsunami generated with observed wave heights up to 175 cm.
- 1992 - Five New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine.
- 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour).
Other history:
- 1915 - Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost.
- 2008 - In Moscow, Russia, Vladimir Putin formally steps down as president. Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as Russian president, and nominates his predecessor Putin as prime minister.
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