41st year - Nr 127 Thursday, 7 May 2026

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41st year - Nr 127 Thursday, 7 May 2026

7 May / Today's 44 Events:

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(+) 278 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1748 Feminist, activist, playwright and abolitionist Olympe de Gouges, originally Marie Gouze is born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France.

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(x) 202 years ago Friday 7th of May 1824 The Symphony No. 9 in D minor by 54-year-old Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is premiered in Theater am Kärntnertor, Wien, Wien, Austria. This was Beethoven's first on-stage appearance in 12 years; the hall was packed with an eager audience and a number of musicians. The whole audience acclaimed Beethoven through standing ovations five times; there were handkerchiefs in the air, hats, raised hands, so that Beethoven, who could not hear the applause, could at least see the ovation gestures.

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(+) 193 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1833 Romantic composer Johannes Brahms is born in Caffamacherreihe, Gängeviertel, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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(-) 186 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1840 Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 66 in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.

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(+) 186 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1840 Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is born in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia.

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(+) 144 years ago Sunday 7th of May 1882 Writer Willem Elsschot, originally Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder is born in De Keyserlei 32, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 134 years ago Saturday 7th of May 1892 Yugoslav statesman Josip Broz Tito is born in Muzeja Staro Selo, Kumrovec, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Austria-Hungary.

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(-) 130 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1896 Serial killer Henry Howard Holmes, originally Herman Webster Mudgett aka The Torture Doctor is executed by hanging at the age of 35 in Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Holmes' neck did not snap; he instead was strangled to death slowly, twitching over 15 minutes before being pronounced dead 20 minutes after the trap had been sprung.

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(+) 125 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1901 Actor Gary Cooper, originally Frank James Cooper is born in 730 Eleventh Avenue, Helena, Montana, United States.

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(-) 120 years ago Monday 7th of May 1906 Founder of the Bride of Christ Church Edmund Franz Creffield aka Joshua is assassinated by his brother in law, George Mitchell at the age of 36 in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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(-) 112 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1914 Black Charley Jones is lynched for stealing a pair of cheap shoes in Grovetown, Georgia, United States.

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(x) 111 years ago Friday 7th of May 1915 1.198 die in RMS Lusitania ocean liner sinking in Old Head of Kinsale, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. The RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 20 minutes.

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(+) 107 years ago Wednesday 7th of May 1919 Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina Eva María Duarte de Perón aka Evita is born in Casa Natal Eva Perón, Los Toldos, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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(-) 101 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1925 Writer and revolutionary Boris Viktorovich Savinkov commits suicide by jumping from a window at the age of 46 in Lubyanka Prison, Lubyanskaya Square, Meshchansky, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. According to modern publications by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and others Savinkov was killed in prison by OGPU officers.

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(-) 94 years ago Saturday 7th of May 1932 13th President of the Third Republic and 14th President of France Paul Doumer, originally Joseph Athanase Doumerc dies from gunshot wounds suffered the day before at the age of 75 in Hôpital Beaujon, 100 Boulevard du Général-Leclerc, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 89 years ago He Got Off Here Friday 7th of May 1937 World War I veteran Harold B. Wobber commits suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge at the age of 47 in Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States. During a stroll on the walkway Wobber took off his coat and vest, threw them to a passer-by and declared "This is where I get off. I'm going to jump." After his death newspapers reported Wobber was a victim of shell shock and had been under mental health treatment. It was the first suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge, just a little over three months past its opening.

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(x) 84 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1942 An unidentified male headless body is fished out of the Seine and presumed to be the first victim of 45-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in Saint-Ouen, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 84 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1942 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Sigurd Debus is born in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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(-) 80 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1946 Leider van het Nederlandse Volk Anton Adriaan (Ad) Mussert is executed by the firing squad at the age of 52 in Waalsdorpervlakte, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(+) 78 years ago Friday 7th of May 1948 Member of the 'Manson Family' Susan Denise Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz is born in San Gabriel, California, United States.

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(-) 62 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1964 Hijacker and mass murderer Francisco Paula Gonzales commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 28 in Sheriff Hill, San Ramon, California, United States. Gonzales shot both 52-year-old pilot Ernest Clark and 31-year-old copilot Ray Andress of Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 Fairchild F-27A in the head with a Smith & Wesson Model 27 .357 Magnum revolver, causing the plane to crash and killing all 41 other passengers and one more crew member on board.

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(x) 60 years ago Saturday 7th of May 1966 28-year-old Serial killer Ian Brady, originally Ian Duncan Stewart aka The Moors Murderers (with Myra Hindley) enters the first day of his three life sentences in Durham Gaol, Elvet, Durham, North East, United Kingdom. For his safety Brady asked to be held in solitary confinement in E Wing under Rule 43.

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(x) 60 years ago She Became Prisoner 964055 Saturday 7th of May 1966 24-year-old Serial killer Myra Hindley aka The Moors Murderers (with Ian Brady) enters the first day of her two life sentences as prisoner 964055 in Holloway Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. For her safety Hindley was first kept in the hospital C Wing until it was deemed safe to move her to D Wing.

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(+) 59 years ago Sunday 7th of May 1967 Mass murderer Martin Bryant is born in Lenah Valley, Tasmania, Australia.

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(+) 58 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1968 Underage pornographic actress, model and singer Traci Lords, originally Nora Louise Kuzma is born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 54 years ago He Kept Her Head for a While but it Was Never Found Sunday 7th of May 1972 Anita Mary Luchessa is abducted and strangled by serial killer Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer in Berkeley, California, United States. Luchessa was abducted with her 18-year-old roommate Mary Anne Pesce. Kemper beheaded Luchessa's and Pesce’s body and kept the heads for a while, eventually disposing them in a ravine. Pesce was found and identified, nothing of Luchessa was ever found.

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(-) 54 years ago Sunday 7th of May 1972 Jack Owen Blake is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer in Watertown, New York, United States.

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(-) 54 years ago He Kept Her Head for a While Sunday 7th of May 1972 Mary Ann Pesce is abducted and strangled by serial killer Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer in Berkeley, California, United States. Pesce was abducted with her 18-year-old roommate Anita Luchessa. Kemper beheaded Luchessa's and Pesce’s body and kept the heads for a while, eventually disposing them in a ravine. Pesce was found and identified, nothing of Luchessa was ever found.

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(x) 53 years ago Monday 7th of May 1973 25-year-old Serial killer Edmund Emil Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder in Santa Cruz, California, United States.

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(x) 52 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1974 28-year-old Performance and installation artist Chris Christopher Burden performs 'Velvet Water' in School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 47 years ago Monday 7th of May 1979 Aristocrat and patient of Sigmund Freud Sergei Konstantinovitch Pankejeff aka Der Wolfsmann dies of unknown causes at the age of 93 in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 47 years ago Monday 7th of May 1979 9/11 terrorist Mohand Muhammed Fayiz al-Shehri is born in 'Asir, Saudi Arabia. On 11 September 2001 Shehri boarded Flight 175 with four other hijackers. About a half an hour into the flight the plane was hijacked and was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

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(-) 46 years ago Wednesday 7th of May 1980 Gabriele Roesner is raped and strangled by serial killer Michael Wolpert aka Der Neu-Isenburger Frauenmörder in Langen, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 45 years ago He Shot Millionaires, Jews and Criminals Thursday 7th of May 1981 20-year-old Mass murderer Lawrence William Moore known for the Oregon Museum Tavern Shooting bursts into the tavern during a Ladies Night and opens fire with a 9mm Browning HP handgun, killing four and injuring 20 in Oregon Museum Tavern, Front Street NE, Salem, Oregon, United States. Moore stated the reason for the shooting that he was trying to get members of a 'syndicate' of millionaires, Jews and criminals who had been trying to poison him.

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(x) 44 years ago Friday 7th of May 1982 53-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is discharged in Mental Health Institute, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 42 years ago Monday 7th of May 1984 The body of 22-year-old Victim of Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer David M. Block is found in Crawford Road, South R 173, Zion, United States. Block was beaten and stabbed to death by Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer on 30 December 1982.

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(-) 35 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1991 Laurence Guillaume is raped and strangled by serial killer Francis Heaulme aka The Emmaus Murderer aka Le Routard du Crime in Metz, Lorraine, France. In this murder Heaulme was accompanied by the 19-year-old cousin of the victim Michel Guillaume, whom he had met less than an hour earlier at the fair in Metz. Guillaume was convicted of rape and complicity in the murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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(-) 35 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1991 Karin Eroglu-Sladky is strangled by serial killer Jack Unterweger aka Jack the Writer aka Der Häfenpoet aka The Pug Dumper in Wien, Wien, Austria. Eroglu-Sladky was found on 23 May 1991.

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(-) 34 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1992 Multiple murderer Justin Lee May is executed by lethal injection at the age of 46 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 25 years ago Monday 7th of May 2001 72-year-old Great Train Robber Ronnie Ronald Arthur Biggs returns voluntarily to Britain after being on the run for 25 years in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 7th of May 2004 An installation with two movies by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK and music by Mauro Pawlowski in the 'Mariages' series in ModeMuseum, Nationalestraat 28, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 7th of May 2012 Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK on the Prime Meridian in Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 7th of May 2022 Filing cabinets in Boekentoren, Rozier 9, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 2 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 2024 Musician, record producer and audio engineer Steve Albini dies of a heart attack at the age of 63 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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