On this day: 7 May

Selected events and births on 7 May, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic. Read more: French Revolution Maximilien Robespierre Cult of the Supreme Being
• 1937 – Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike. Read more: Fleischer Studios 1937 Fleischer Studios strike
• 1940 – A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill. Read more: Norway Debate House of Commons of the United Kingdom Neville Chamberlain
• 1946 – Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony. Read more: Masaru Ibuka Akio Morita Sony
• 1954 – A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland. Read more: Dungannon
• 2010 – A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors. Read more: Neanderthal Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans

Born on this day

• 1956 – Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Read more: Jan Peter Balkenende Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1968 – Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport Read more: Lisa Raitt Minister of Transport (Canada)
• 1997 – Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player Read more: Daria Kasatkina
• 1998 – MrBeast, American YouTuber Read more: MrBeast
• 1998 – Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer Read more: Dani Olmo
• 1998 – Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player Read more: Jesse Puljujärvi
• 1999 – Tommy Fury, English boxer Read more: Tommy Fury
• 1999 – Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer Read more: Cody Gakpo
• 2002 – Jake Bongiovi, American model and actor Read more: Jake Bongiovi
• 2002 – Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer Read more: Andrew Barth Feldman
• 2004 – Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player Read more: Ashlyn Krueger
• 2004 – Minji, South Korean singer Read more: Minji (singer)

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