DAY IN HISTORY
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Today is the 128th day of 2020 and the 50th day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia.
In 1915, a German Uboat sank the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 off the coast of Ireland.
In 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered and withdrew from World War II.
In 1998, Mercedesbenz announced its $36 billion merger with the Chrysler Corporation.
In 2000, Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency in Russia’s first democratic change of office.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Browning (1812-1889), poet/playwright; Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composer; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), composer; Gary Cooper (19011961), actor; Eva Peron (1919-1952), Argentine first lady/actress; Johnny Unitas (1933-2002), football player; Tim Russert (1950-2008), journalist; Breckin Meyer (1974- ), actor; Aidy Bryant (1987), actress/comedian; Earl Thomas (1989- ), football player; Alexander Ludwig (1992- ), actor.
TODAY’S FACT: In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby. The horse went on to win the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, becoming the 10th horse to win the Triple Crown and the first to do so while undefeated.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1982, a jury ruled in favor of Raiders owner Al Davis in an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, allowing Davis to move the team from Oakland, California, to Los Angeles.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Who hears music feels his solitude / Peopled at once.” — Robert Browning, “Balaustion’s Adventure”
TODAY’S NUMBER: 16,024 — height (in feet) of the Carstensz Pyramid, the highest summit of Puncak Jaya in Indonesia. Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to scale the “Seven Summits” -- the highest peak on each of the seven continents -- when he reached the top of the Carstensz Pyramid on this day in 1986.
TODAY’S MOON: Full moon (May 7).