The May 7th is the 127e Jour of the Année (128e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.
Events
1 to 1900
20th century
21e century
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2002 :
- the 1st world Day of the orphans of the AIDS, initiated by AFXB, is inaugurated by the president of the municipal council of New York, Gifford Miller which declared on May 7th, 2002 “Day of the Orphans of the AIDS” in New York.
- a Avion of line Chinese of the type MD-82 of the company China Northern Airlines is damaged at sea with broad Dalian (450 km in the east of Beijing), making 112 victims.
- a Boeing 737 -500 of the company EgyptAir is crushed close to the International airport of Tunis-Carthage after an attempt at crash landing, making 14 died out of the 64 passengers and members of the crew.
Births
Death
- 399 av. J. - C.: Socrate, Greek Philosopher , condemned to drink the conium, after being shown of impiété towards the gods and corruption of youth.
- 973 : Otton Ier of the Holy roman Empire, emperor of the Romans (° November 23rd 912)
- 1166: : Guillaume Ier of Sicily says the bad one, Norman king of Sicily of 1154 with 1166.
- 1234 : Otto Ier de Méranie, duke of Méranie, Count Palatine of Burgundy.
- 1306 : Przemyslaw, Duke of Racibórz.
- 1667 : Johann Jakob Froberger, German type-setter
- 1840: Caspar David Friedrich, German romantic painter
- 1908: Ludovic Halévy, author of French theater and academician (° January 1st 1834)
- 1915: Alfred G. Vanderbilt, wire of American millionaire, among the 128 American victims of the torpedoing of the British steamer Lusitania.
- 1922 : Manual Granero, Spanish Matador (° April 4th 1902).
- 1925 : Doveton Sturdee, British admiral (° June 9th 1859)
- 1941: Sir James George Frazer, British anthropologist (° January 1st 1854)
- 1978: Raymond To rejoin of Baty, Breton navigator (° 1881).
- 1986 : Gaston Defferre, French politician († September 14th 1910).
- 1989 : Guy Williams, actor states-unien (the Zorro of the Televised series)
- 1999: Emile Danoën, writer French
- 2004: Alexandre Minkowski, Pediatrist French, one of the founders of the neonatalogy (° 1915)
- 2006: Steve Bender, member of the group Dschinghis Khan
Celebrations
Labor Day in England. (Festival identical to that of May 1st in France)
First names
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Augustin de Nicomédie
- Cénéré de Saulges († towards 669), recluse in Maine.
- Céneri Gérei († 669), brother of the preceding recluse to the diocese of Sées.
- Jean de Zédazéni (Life century), founder of the monachism in Georgia.
- Juvénal
- Notkar Balbulus
- Réginald
- Sessétrude of Meaux (VIIe century), virgin.
- Unpleasant
Orthodoxe saints of the day
- the Nile of Sora († 1508), higoumene in Russia.
See too
Beats-smg: Gegožė 7
Be-X-old: 7 траўня
Fiu-vro: 7. lehekuu päiv
Nds-nl: 7 meie
Simple: May 7
Zh-yue: 5 月 7 號