May 7 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 7
In the headlines today:

2005	Giacomo, a longshot at 50-1 odds, wins the Kentucky Derby.
2000	Vladimir Putin becomes president of Russia.
2000	Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. dies in New York at age 90.
1999	Three people are killed when the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, is mistakenly targeted by NATO warplanes.
1963	The communications satellite Telstar II is launched.
1945	Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reheime, France (to take effect the next day), ending the European theatre of WWII.
1945	The US Negro baseball League is established.
1939	Italy and Germany announce a political and military alliance.
1915	Nearly 1200 people are killed when the British liner Lusitania is sunk off the Irish coast bya German torpedo.
1891	The first successful photographs of solar flares are taken.
1847	City College of New York is chartered.
1800	Indiana becomes a US territory separate from the Ohio Territory.
1789	The first US inaugural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs. George Washington. (photo credit: NARA)
1724	Catherine I is crowned Empress-consort of Russia.