Thursday, May 7, 2015

On This Day in History

for Thursday 7th May, 2015

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Historical Events

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1429 - English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
1912 - Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer

1915 - SS Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost

1939 - Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

1945 - WWII: unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims

1952 - The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.

Today's Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 210

Edwin Land (1909)

Eva Perón (1919)

Johnny Unitas (1933)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)

Today's Famous Birthdays

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 12

1914 - 28th US President Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in The White House
1950 - Actor Jack Lemmon (25) weds tv actress Cynthia Stone (24)
1958 - "The Mark of Zorro" actor Tyrone Power (44) weds Debbie Ann Minardos
1994 - Gary Hart's girlfriend Donna Rice (36) weds Jack Hughes (42)
1994 - Matlock actor Daniel Roebuck (30) weds Kelly Durst (24)

Today's Famous Weddings