May 7
1812 - English poet Robert Browning was born in London.
1824 - Beethoven's 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna.
1833 - Composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1840 - Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia.
1847 - The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia.
1915 - A German torpedo sank the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast, killing nearly 1,200 people.
1939 - Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance, the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1945 - Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II.
1954 - The Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended after 55 days with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.
1984 - A $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action lawsuit brought by Vietnam veterans.
1992 - A 203-year-old proposed Constitutional amendment, the 27th Amendment, barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise was ratified when Michigan became the 38th state to approve it.
2000 - Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in Russia's first democratic transfer of power.
2008 - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's president.
Birthdays
31 - Alex Smith (football player)
37 - Shawn Marion (basketball player)
47 - Traci Lords (actress)
69 - Michael Rosen (children's author)
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Today in Sports History - May 7
1945 - Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey announced the organization of the United States Negro Baseball League. There were six teams.
1949 - Ponder won the 75th Kentucky Derby.
1951 - The International Olympic Committee voted to allow the Soviet Union to participate in the Olympic Games.
1959 - The largest crowd in major league history of 93,103 attended Roy Campanella Night at the L.A. Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 in the exhibition game.
1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in five games for the NBA championship.
1977 - Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby.
1982 - A federal jury ruled that the NFL violated antitrust laws by preventing the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
1983 - Sunny's Halo won the Kentucky Derby.
1988 - Winning Colors won the Kentucky Derby.
1994 - The Denver Nuggets became the first #8 seed in the NBA to beat a #1 seed in the playoffs when they knocked off the Seattle Supersonics.
1999 - The Cleveland Indians scored 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9-1 deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20-11.
2005 - At the age of 46 years and 257 days old, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves became the second oldest player in major league history to hit a home run.
2006 - Joe Torre became the fourth manager in New York Yankees franchise history to win 1,000 games.
2006 - Barbaro won the Kentucky Derby.
2009 - Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers was suspended for 50 games for a positive drug test.
2010 - Major League Soccer awarded an expansion franchise to Montreal.
2011 - Three time major winner Seve Ballesteros of Spain died at the age of 54 after a battle with brain cancer.
2011 - Animal Kingdom won the Kentucky Derby.
2011 - Manny Pacquiao won a unanimous decision of "Sugar" Shane Mosley to retain the WBO welterweight title.
2012 - San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
2014 - NBC and the International Olympic Committee announced that they agreed to a media rights extension that will keep the Olympic Games on the NBC family of networks through 2032.
1812 - English poet Robert Browning was born in London.
1824 - Beethoven's 9th Symphony premiered in Vienna.
1833 - Composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1840 - Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia.
1847 - The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia.
1915 - A German torpedo sank the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast, killing nearly 1,200 people.
1939 - Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance, the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1945 - Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, to take effect the following day, ending the European conflict of World War II.
1954 - The Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended after 55 days with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.
1984 - A $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action lawsuit brought by Vietnam veterans.
1992 - A 203-year-old proposed Constitutional amendment, the 27th Amendment, barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise was ratified when Michigan became the 38th state to approve it.
2000 - Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in Russia's first democratic transfer of power.
2008 - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's president.
Birthdays
31 - Alex Smith (football player)
37 - Shawn Marion (basketball player)
47 - Traci Lords (actress)
69 - Michael Rosen (children's author)
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Today in Sports History - May 7
1945 - Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey announced the organization of the United States Negro Baseball League. There were six teams.
1949 - Ponder won the 75th Kentucky Derby.
1951 - The International Olympic Committee voted to allow the Soviet Union to participate in the Olympic Games.
1959 - The largest crowd in major league history of 93,103 attended Roy Campanella Night at the L.A. Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 in the exhibition game.
1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in five games for the NBA championship.
1977 - Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby.
1982 - A federal jury ruled that the NFL violated antitrust laws by preventing the Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles.
1983 - Sunny's Halo won the Kentucky Derby.
1988 - Winning Colors won the Kentucky Derby.
1994 - The Denver Nuggets became the first #8 seed in the NBA to beat a #1 seed in the playoffs when they knocked off the Seattle Supersonics.
1999 - The Cleveland Indians scored 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9-1 deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 20-11.
2005 - At the age of 46 years and 257 days old, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves became the second oldest player in major league history to hit a home run.
2006 - Joe Torre became the fourth manager in New York Yankees franchise history to win 1,000 games.
2006 - Barbaro won the Kentucky Derby.
2009 - Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers was suspended for 50 games for a positive drug test.
2010 - Major League Soccer awarded an expansion franchise to Montreal.
2011 - Three time major winner Seve Ballesteros of Spain died at the age of 54 after a battle with brain cancer.
2011 - Animal Kingdom won the Kentucky Derby.
2011 - Manny Pacquiao won a unanimous decision of "Sugar" Shane Mosley to retain the WBO welterweight title.
2012 - San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
2014 - NBC and the International Olympic Committee announced that they agreed to a media rights extension that will keep the Olympic Games on the NBC family of networks through 2032.
