What Happened on my Birthday May 7

Today is May 7, the 127th day . There are 238 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder "What happened on my birthday May 7?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 7", "What historical event took place on the day I was born, May 7?", " What does my birthday reveal about my personality ?" or "What special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings, famous birthdays and Numerology


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May 7 Events

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 7, 1915, nearly 1,200 people died when a German torpedo sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast...see picture

What Happened on my Birthday May 7 in US

1789, the first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington and his wife, Martha.

1909, Edwin H. Land, inventor of polarizing filters and Polaroid instant photography, was born in Bridgeport, Conn.
1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era." In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover.

1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories. (On this date in 2002, Seattle Slew died.)
1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they'd suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant.
2004 Army Pfc. Lynndie England, shown in photographs smiling and pointing at naked Iraqi prisoners, was charged by the military with assaulting the detainees and conspiring to mistreat them. (England was later convicted of conspiracy, mistreating detainees and committing an indecent act, and sentenced to 36 months; she served half that term.) Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld offered "my deepest apology" to abused Iraqi prisoners and warned that videos and photos yet to come could further inflame worldwide outrage.

2008 President George W. Bush, addressing the Council of Americas, said Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership had made only "empty gestures at reform" as he rejected calls for easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island.

What Happened on my Birthday May 7 in UK and Other History

1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France.

1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.

1960, Leonid Brezhnev replaced Marshal Kliment Voroshilov as president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

2008 Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's president.

Famous Birthdays

1812 Poet Robert Browning
1833, composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1840, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, Russia
1901 Gary Cooper
1919 Eva Peron (later known as Evita)
1939 Singer Jimmy Ruffin
1944 Richard O'Sullivan, British actor
1945 Christy Moore, Irish folk artist

What does my birthday reveal about my personality

Numerology was an accepted part of ancient mathematics and revolves around the study of numbers, with each number from 0 to 9 representing a different personality trait based on its association with planets and/or moons in our solar system.

May 7

7 is your primary birth path. You are A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul.

To get your secondary birth path you need to work out your year
Example: if you were born in 1991 that is 1+9+9+1=20 which is 2+0=2
so add month 5 to day 7 to your year calculation. In this example 5+7+2=14 which is 1+4=5
so you are also An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses

Note 11 is 11 not 1+1=2 and 22 is 22 not 2+2=4
Number 1 = One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever. Number 2 = One who clearly sees the full spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, Idealist. Number 3 = Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity. Number 4 = The most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist. Number 5 = An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. Number 6 = A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. Number 7 = A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul. Number 8 = Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive. Number 9 = A Philosopher, a person with compassion, generosity, and a very humanitarian attitude. Number 11 = A Visionary, one with spiritual awareness, understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others. Number 22 = A Global Thinker, the most powerful of all the Life Path numbers. This individual can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame if they have the desire and willingness to achieve it.

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