May 7 birthdays & history

Famous people born on May 7

• 1861Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1840Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator
• 1833Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer
• 1711David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher
• 1892Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia
• 1867Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1919Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina
• 1812Robert Browning, English poet and playwright
• 1901Gary Cooper, American actor
• 1748Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher

What happened on May 7

• 1794French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
• 1824World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
• 1832Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
• 1864The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• 1895In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• 1915The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• 1940A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill.
• 1946Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.
• 1946Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• 1948The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• 1954A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.
• 2010A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors.

Also observed on May 7

• Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
• Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
• Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)