05-07-2006, 07:07 AM
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Location: Maryland
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May 7th
1824 ~ Premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna.
1825 ~ Death of Antonio Salieri, Composer.
1833 ~ Birthday of Johannes Brahms, Composer.
1840 ~ Birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer.
1915 ~ World War I: A German U-boat sank the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people.
1919 ~ Birthday of Eva Peron, wife of Argentine President Juan Peron.
1933 ~ Birthday of Johnny Unitas, American football star.
1945 ~ World War II: General Alfred Jodl signed unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war.
1954 ~ Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).
1999 ~ Kosovo War: Three Chinese embassy workers were killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft “mistakenly” bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
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