May 7
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1992
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
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Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
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Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
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Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
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Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
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Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
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In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
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Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
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An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
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A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
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American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
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The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.
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2004Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player
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2004Minji, South Korean singer
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2002Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer
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1999Tommy Fury, English boxer
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1999Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer
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1998MrBeast, American YouTuber
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1998Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
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1998Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
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1997Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
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1997Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer
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1997Cameron Young, American golfer
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1996Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, South Korean League of Legends pro gamer
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