WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 07

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

2000 Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia

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1960 Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union.

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1958 Howard Johnson sets an aircraft altitude record in F-104.

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1954 French troops surrender to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu.

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1952 In Korea, Communist POWs at Koje-do riot against their American captors.

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1946 Sony is founded

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1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe.

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1943 Peter Carey, Australian writer (Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda).

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1943 The last major German strongholds in North Africa–Tunis and Bizerte–fall to Allied forces.

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1942 In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attack each other with carrier-launched warplanes.

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1937 The German Condor Legion arrives in Spain to assist Fransico Franco’s forces.

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1919 Eva (Evita) Perón, first lady of Argentina.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

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2000 Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia

1960 Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union.

1958 Howard Johnson sets an aircraft altitude record in F-104.

1954 French troops surrender to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu.

1952 In Korea, Communist POWs at Koje-do riot against their American captors.

1946 Sony is founded

1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe.

1943 Peter Carey, Australian writer (Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda).

1943 The last major German strongholds in North Africa–Tunis and Bizerte–fall to Allied forces.

1942 In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attack each other with carrier-launched warplanes.

1937 The German Condor Legion arrives in Spain to assist Fransico Franco’s forces.

1919 Eva (Evita) Perón, first lady of Argentina.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1919 Eva (Evita) Perón, first lady of Argentina.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1915 The German submarine U-20 torpedoes the passenger ship Lusitiania, sinking her in 21 minutes with 1,978 people on board.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1909 Edwin Herbert Land, inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera.

1903 Bing [Harry Lillis] Crosby, singer and actor. Various dates given for his birth date.

1901 Gary Cooper, film actor (High Noon, Friendly Persuasion).