Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 7
May 7, 2024 is the 128th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 7
- 558 –In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
- 1664 –Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
- 1718 –The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
- 1794 –French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
- 1846 –The Cambridge Chronicle, America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1920 –Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
- 1937 –Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco’s forces.
- 1945 –World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany’s participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
- 1986 –Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
- 2000 –Vladimir Putin is inaugurated president of Russia
Who were born on May 7?
- 1826 –Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America (d. 1906)
- 1891 –Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
- 1916 –Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
- 1933 –Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1939 –Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1940 –Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
- 1962 –Tony Campbell, American basketball player
- 1970 –Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor
- 1987 –Serge Gakpé, Togolese footballer
- 2000 –Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
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