1600s / 18th century history on the 7th of May
1664 : Louis XIV of France began construction of the Palace of Versailles in Paris.
1700s / 18th century history on the 7th of May
1718 : The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, also known as Sieur de Bienville.
1800s / 19th century history on the 7th of May
1824 : Ludwig van Beethoven‘s world premier of the Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria.
1840 : The Great Natchez Tornado hit Natchez in Mississippi, and killed 317 people. It was recorded as the 2nd deadliest tornado in United States history.
1846 : America’s oldest surviving weekly newspaper, The Cambridge Chronicle was published for the 1st time in Cambridge in Massachusetts, USA.
1864 : The world’s oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide was launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, to transport passengers and goods to Australia.
1895 : The Popov lightning detector was demonstrated by Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich, to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His invention was a primitive radio receiver. The anniversary of the event is celebrated as Radio Day in parts of the former Soviet Union.
1900s / 20th century history on the 7th of May
1901 : Gary Cooper the American actor was born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana, USA (died in 1961 aged 60).
1930 : Salmas earthquake hit north-western Iran and south-eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli violent intensity, resulting in the death of up 3,000 people.
1986 : Canadian Patrick Morrow became the 1st person to climb all of the Seven Summits.
1992 : The Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on its first mission.
1998 : Eddie Rabbitt the American singer-songwriter died from lung cancer aged 56 (born in 1941).
2000s / 21st century history on the 7th of May
2000 : Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as the president of Russia.
2002 : China Northern Airlines MD-82 crashed into the Yellow Sea, resulting in the death of 112 people.
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