May 7

This day in history:

• 1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
• 1342 – In Avignon, France, Cardinal Pierre Roger is elected Pope and takes the name Clement VI.
• 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
• 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.

Births:

• 1931 – Gene Wolfe, American author (d. 2019)
• 1787 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
• 1956 – Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician (d. 2016)

Deaths:

• 1800 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1872 – Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)

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Holidays:

• Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
• Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
• Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)

Random Article of the day:

Regine (1935 film)

Regine is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Luise Ullrich, Anton Walbrook and Olga Chekhova. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

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