A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
May 7: Day of the Week
May 7, 2024 is the 128th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac 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.
May 7 Historical Event(s)
1664
Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
1847
The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1920
Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
1937
Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco’s forces.
1942
During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Japanese Imperial Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
1954
Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).
1964
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
1986
Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
2002
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
2007
Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
Who were born on May 7?
1740
Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
1909
Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
1931
Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (d. 2007)
1950
Tim Russert, American television host (d. 2008)
1951
Robert Hegyes, American actor
1955
Ben Poquette, American basketball player
1971
Horgh, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy)
1974
Breckin Meyer, American actor
1975
Zee, American hip hop artist
1978
Shawn Marion, American basketball player
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