May 7
This day in history:
- 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
- 1930 – The 7.1 Mw  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
- 1915 – World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
- 1832 – Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
Births:
- 1875 – Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
- 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
- 1530 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)
Deaths:
- 2014 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
- 1202 – Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
Holidays:
- Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)
- Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
- Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
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