May 7......

May 7 is the 127th (128th in leap years) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 238 days remaining in the year on this date.

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Ethics "Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others but then keep after them until they're fair with you." — Alan Alda

Stupidest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Undermining Public Education "We engaged in a social, political, and cultural war. There's a lot of talk in America about pluralism. But the bottom line is somebody's values will prevail. And the winner gets the right to teach our children what to believe." — Gary Bauer. Former director of the Family Research Council, a fundamentalist Christian advocacy group

Thought for the day: "They do not love that do not show their love."

{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}

EVENTS

● 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.

● 1274 - The Second Council of Lyons convened under Gregory X. attended by approximately 500 bishops, this council accomplished a temporary reunion of the separated Eastern Orthodox churches with the Roman Catholic Church.

● 1298 - Colocation of the first stone of Barcelona's Cathedral.

● 1348 - Fundation of the Carolina University in Prague.

● 1355 - 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara

● 1416 - Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay

● 1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

● 1518 - Juan de Grijalva's expedition, sailing the Yucatan coast, reports the Mayan city of Tulum is larger and as grand as Seville.

● 1525 - The German peasants' revolt was crushed by the ruling class and church.

● 1579 - Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands

● 1624 - Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru

● 1638 - Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

● 1660 - Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni

● 1664 - Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles.

● 1697 - Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed in a huge fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced with the current Royal Palace).

● 1700 - William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation

● 1727 - Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia

● 1748 - French troops conquer Maastricht

● 1763 - Indian Wars: Pontiac's Rebellion begins - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.

● 1765 - Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

● 1771 - Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada

● 1775 - Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria

● 1787 - The New Jerusalem Church was formally established in London. More popularly known as Swedenborgianism, its theological tenets were based on the writings of Swedish scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). The first congregation in the U.S. was formed in Baltimore in 1792.

● 1792 - Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

● 1800 - The U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part became the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remained the Northwest Territory.

● 1824 - World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. Work was conducted by Michael Umlauf, under the deaf composer's supervision.

● 1832 - Greece is recognised independent by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King.

● 1833 - Composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.

● 1836 - The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

● 1838 - Gentile mob burned 203 Mormon houses in Jackson County, Missouri.

● 1839 - Birth of Elisha A. Hoffman, American clergyman and a prolific writer of Gospel songs. His musical legacy has left the Church such favorites as: "What a Wonderful Savior," "I Must Tell Jesus," "Are You Washed in the Blood?" "Glory to His Name" and "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms."

● 1840 - The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

● 1840 - Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Russia.

● 1844 - Protestant mob in Philadelphia, shouting "Kill them! Kill them!" burned down over 30 homes in the predominantly Irish suburb of Kensington.

● 1847 - In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.

● 1848 - Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia

● 1856 - Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact

● 1861 - Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN

● 1862 - Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)

● 1862 - Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire

● 1864 - American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. Total losses - U.S.A-17,666; CSA-7,500.

● 1864 - Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction VA (Drewry's Bluff)

● 1866 - German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt

● 1867 - Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans

● 1873 - Marines landed in Panama to "protect" U.S. interests.

● 1875 - German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed

● 1877 - Sioux leader Crazy Horse arrested, taken to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, where he would be assassinated by U.S. soldiers four months later.

● 1885 - John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti

● 1888 - George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"

● 1891 - Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed

● 1895 - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the first in the world radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union this day is celebrated as Day of Radio.

● 1898 - Italian army fires on Milan demonstrators participating in an anti- government riot, killing hundreds.

● 1899 - American Presbyterian missionary James Burton Rodgers, 34, preached his first sermon in the Philippines. Rodgers spent the next 35 years in evangelistic and educational ministries, and is regarded as the first Protestant missionary to the Philippines.

● 1902 - Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000

● 1904 - Flexible Flyer trademark registered

● 1909 - Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)

● 1912 - The first airplane equipped with a machine gun flew over College Park, MD.

● 1913 - British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote

● 1914 - US Congress establishes mother's day

● 1915 - World War I: a German submarine U-20 sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, who had been warned in advance by Germany. Public reaction to the sinking turned many formerly pro-Germans in the United States of America against the German Empire.

● 1919 - Eva Peron, who was a powerful political influence as the wife of the president of Argentina, was born.

● 1920 - Kiev Offensive (1920): Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force captured Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.

● 1920 - Treaty of Moscow (1920): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

● 1923 - Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad

● 1924 - Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana

● 1926 - A U.S. report showed that one-third of the nation's exports were motors.

● 1927 - San Fransisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated

● 1927 - Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal.

● 1927 - U.S. troops intervene in Nicaragua.

● 1928 - England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21

● 1934 - Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region

● 1937 - Five hundred anarchists murdered by communist troops, Barcelona, Spain.

● 1937 - Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Franco's forces.

● 1938 - Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"

● 1939 - Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

● 1940 - Birth of Kim Chemin, feminist and writer.

● 1941 - British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)

● 1942 - In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attacked each other with carrier planes. It was the first time in the history of naval warfare where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other.

● 1942 - Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed

● 1943 - British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia

● 1943 - Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps

● 1943 - Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched

● 1943 - US 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia

● 1943 - US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia

● 1944 - German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia

● 1945 - Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated

● 1945 - Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands

● 1945 - SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22

● 1945 - World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.

● 1946 - William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands

● 1947 - General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution

● 1947 - Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt

● 1948 - Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death

● 1948 - The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

● 1951 - Religious program "The Circuit Rider" broadcast for the last time over ABC television. Featuring sacred music and biographies of great evangelists, the series had premiered only two months earlier, in March.

● 1951 - Coloreds strike against disenfranchisement, South Africa.

● 1952 - The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W. A. Dummer.

● 1954 - Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).

● 1954 - US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO

● 1955 - In Belzoni, Mississippi, Rev. George Lee, active in the NAACP, is murdered for his voter registration activities.

● 1955 - USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain

● 1955 - West Europe Union established

● 1956 - Minister rejects anti-smoking lobby; The Health Minister, RH Turton, rejects calls for a government campaign against smoking, saying no ill-effects have been proven.

● 1956 - Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300

● 1958 - Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters

● 1960 - Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR

● 1960 - Cold War: U-2 Crisis - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

● 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

● 1963 - SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))

● 1964 - Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.

● 1965 - Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith; White voters in the African colony of Rhodesia back Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front which is demanding independence from the UK.

● 1969 - Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA

● 1971 - 45 are arrested in downtown Seattle during anti-war protests.

● 1974 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.

● 1975 - President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"

● 1975 - Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays

● 1976 - More bodies found after Italy quake; Italy's worst earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 550 people and leaves 80,000 homeless.

● 1979 - 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila

● 1980 - Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried

● 1982 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1

● 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

● 1984 - A $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who claimed they had suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant while serving in the armed forces.

● 1985 - City of Philadelphia bombs house of radical black group MOVE, killing eleven, including children, and destroying 62 other homes in neighborhood. Surviving MOVE members are still imprisoned.

● 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

● 1989 - Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency

● 1991 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

● 1992 - 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine

● 1992 - US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)

● 1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.

● 1992 - Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first fast-food murder in Canada.

● 1993 - South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections

● 1995 - Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election

● 1996 - The trial of Serbian police officer Dusan Tadic opened in the Netherlands. He was later convicted on murder-torture charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

● 1996 - Water cannon used on 15,000 protesters against import of French nuclear waste to Gorleben, Germany.

● 1997 - Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)

● 1997 - A report released by the U.S. government said that Switzerland provided Nazi Germany with equipment and credit during World War II. Germany exchanged for gold what had been plundered or stolen. Switzerland did not comply with postwar agreements to return the gold.

● 1998 - Residents of London voted to elect their own mayor for the first time in history. The vote would take place in May 2000.

● 1999 - Three killed in "accidental" NATO bombing of Chinese Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia.

● 1999 - Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.

● 1999 - A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode. Schmitz later killed Amedure and the jury awarded Amedure's family US$25 million.

● 1999 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.

● 2000 - Russian President Vladimir V. Putin named First Deputy Premier Mikhail Kasyanov as premier.

● 2001 - Healthy cattle to die to save Exmoor; More than 1,000 cattle on two farms near Exmoor will be slaughtered - even though they show no sign of foot-and-mouth disease - in order to protect Exmoor from infection.

● 2001 - Thousands greet Pope in Syrian visit; Pope John Paul II prays for peace on a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus, where he is greeted by thousands of people.

● 2001 - Ronnie Biggs, the "Great Train Robber" who had eluded capture for decades following his prison escape in 1965, returned to Britain, where he was arrested and jailed to complete the 28 remaining years of his sentence.

● 2002 - A China Southern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

● 2003 - In Washington, DC, General Motors Corp. delivered six fuel cell vehicles to Capitol Hill for lawmakers and others to test drive during the next two years.

● 2005 - Former Lebanese Prime Minister, General Michel Aoun returns to Lebanon after 15 years in exile.

BIRTHS

● 1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)

● 1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d. 1569)

● 1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)

● 1667 - Germain Boffrand, French architect; worked in the Baroque and Rococo styles (d. 1754)

● 1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d. 1772)

● 1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (d. 1776)

● 1724 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)

● 1740 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)

● 1748 - Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)

● 1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813)

● 1774 - William Bainbridge, American Commodore

● 1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)

● 1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)

● 1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)

● 1847 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)

● 1855 - Oskar von Miller, German engineer; founded the Munich Museum of Science and Technology (d. 1934)

● 1857 - William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930)

● 1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)

● 1867 - Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)

● 1870 - Marcus Loew, American film executive and movie theatre chain owner (d. 1927)

● 1882 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960)

● 1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)

● 1891 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)

● 1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)

● 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)

● 1896 - Kitty Godfree, English tennis player; won Olympic gold medal in 1920 (d. 1992)

● 1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)

● 1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)

● 1909 - Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)

● 1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)

● 1916 - Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)

● 1919 - Eva Peron, Argentinean first lady (d. 1952)

● 1922 - Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006)

● 1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)

● 1924 - Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)

● 1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter

● 1929 - Babe Parilli, American football player

● 1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)

● 1931 - Teresa Brewer, American singer

● 1932 - Pete Domenici, U.S. senator, R-N.M.

● 1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)

● 1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer

● 1935 - Isobel Warren, Canadian author

● 1939 - Johnny Maestro, Singer

● 1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate

● 1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

● 1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, American singer

● 1939 - Ruggero Deodato, Italian film director, actor and screen writer

● 1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)

● 1943 - Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter

● 1945 - Robin Strasser, Actress

● 1945 - Christy Moore, Irish folk artist

● 1946 - Bill Danoff, Singer, songwriter (The Starland Vocal Band)

● 1946 - Thelma Houston, American singer

● 1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)

● 1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor

● 1950 - Prairie Prince, Rock musician

● 1950 - Tim Russert, Broadcast journalist ("Meet the Press")

● 1951 - Robert Hegyes, Actor ("Welcome Back, Kotter")

● 1954 - Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist

● 1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director ("Clueless," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")

● 1955 - Ben Poquette, American basketball player

● 1955 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver.

● 1955 - Kevin Reed, American theologian

● 1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

● 1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer

● 1956 - Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host

● 1957 - Ray Fernandez, wrestler (d. 2004)

● 1959 - Michael E. Knight, Actor ("All My Children")

● 1961 - Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)

● 1962 - Rick Schell, Country musician

● 1963 - Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)

● 1965 - Chris O'Connor, Rock musician (Primitive Radio Gods)

● 1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)

● 1968 - Traci Lords, American actress

● 1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician

● 1969 - Rick Porras, American co-producer

● 1971 - Eagle-Eye Cherry, Rock singer

● 1972 - Frank Trigg, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter

● 1973 - Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter

● 1973 - Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist

● 1974 - Breckin Meyer, American actor

● 1974 - Ian Pearce, English footballer

● 1975 - Jason Tunks, Canadian Olympic discus thrower

● 1975 - Nicole Sheridan, American porn star

● 1975 - Zee, American hip hop artist

● 1978 - Brian Clevinger, American author

● 1978 - Shawn Marion, American basketball player

● 1979 - Katie Douglas, American basketball player

● 1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer

● 1984 - Alex Smith, American football player

● 1984 - Drew Stanton, American football player

● 1987 - Dennis Mak, Chinese singer (Sun Boy'z)

● 1991 - Taylor Abrahamse, Actor

DEATHS

● 973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)

● 1092 - Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)

● 1427 - Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman

● 1523 - Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (b. 1481)

● 1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, Pakistani founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)

● 1539 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)

● 1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)

● 1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer (b. 1564)

● 1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)

● 1682 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)

● 1718 - Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)

● 1793 - Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (b. 1722)

● 1800 - Niccola Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)

● 1805 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)

● 1825 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750)

● 1840 - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)

● 1868 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)

● 1896 - H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)

● 1922 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)

● 1925 - William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)

● 1940 - George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859)

● 1941 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)

● 1942 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863)

● 1951 - Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)

● 1998 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)

● 1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)

● 2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)

● 2002 - Seattle Slew, American Race-Horse (b. 1974)

● 2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)

● 2005 - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)

● 2005 - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player (b. 1980)

● 2006 - Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)

● 2006 - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor (b. 1907)

● 2006 - Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)

● 2006 - Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● Roman Catholic:
● St. Domitian of Huy, the apostle of the Meuse valley
● St. Flavia Domitilla
● St. John of Beverly
● St. Juvenal of Benevento
● St. Liudhard
● St. Peter of Pavia
● St. Placid
● St. Quadratus
● Sts. Serenidus & Serenus
● St. Villanus
● Bl. Gisela (d. 1060)
● Bl. Michael Ulumbijski
● Bl. Rose

● old Roman Catholic:
● St. Stanislaus, bishop, martyr, patron of Poland

● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for April 25 (Civil Date: May 7)
● Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
● St. Macedonius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
● St. Sylvester, abbot of Obnora.

● Greek Calendar:
● Martyr Nice.
● Eight anchorites who were martyred.
● Repose of Bassian the Blind of the Kiev Caves (1827).

● Russia - Radio Day (commemorating the work of Alexander Popov)

● Bulgaria - Radio and Television Day (see above)

● Dahomey : Anniversary of the Presidential Council

● Scotland : Spring Day

● Thailand : State Ploughing Ceremony Day

● These Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● Zambia : Labour Day - ( Monday )
● New Orleans : McDonogh Day (1850) - ( Friday )

● USA - National Masturbation Day (Declared by Good Vibrations (sex toy business)) Now in its 11th year - commonly celebrated with Masturbate-a-thons


Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.

Additional facts taken from:

On this day in the New York Times

The BBC’s Take on the day

On This Day Website

Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.

Scope Systems Any Day Website

Roman Catholic Saint of the Day

Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

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