May 7th

May 7 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 228 days remaining until the end of time.

1664 Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.

 

1824 Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony premieres in Vienna

1888 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" which is inspired by a visit to a certain men’s room in Poughkeepsie.

1915 Lusitania is sunk by German submarine

1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White), an event that continues to be celebrated annually

1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown that goes unnoticed

2007 The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered. Please note: Herod the Great had nothing to do with that nasty business about John the Baptist and his cousin. That was his son, Herod Antipasto.

1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, gay Russian composer/conductor 

1901 Gary Cooper, US actor

1939 Jimmy Ruffin, maybe gay US musician/David’s older brother 

1946 Thelma Houston, maybe gay US singer/songwriter 

1950 Prarie Prince [Charles Lempriere Prince], US musician/The Tubes 

1950 Randall Tex Cobb, maybe gay US boxer/actor (Raising Arizona, Diggstown) 

1960 Jack Radcliffe, gay US actor 

1962 Ari Telch, Mexican actor 

1962 David Franklin, maybe gay Australian actor 

1969 Justin Melvey, Australian actor 

1970 Gregorio Pernia, Colombian actor  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674386/

1971 Ivan Sergei, US actor 

1974 Breckin Meyer, US actor (with Ryan Phillipe.  Be. Still. My. Heart) 

1974 Frank Trigg, US mixed martial artist 

1975 Corey Spears, gay US actor/writer 

1978 Kevin Nadal, gay Filipino-US comedian/psychology Ph.D.  

1979 Chip Noll, gay US actor 

1981 Vincent Clerc, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1985 Liam Tancock, English swimmer 

1986 Mark Furze, maybe gay Australian actor/Aussie Soap Home and Away 

1873 Salmon Portland Chase, US statesman/Chief Justice of the United States, wins the $10,000 Pyramid

1986 Jeffrey Mylett, gay US actor (Godspell), succumbs to AIDS at 36

1987 Stewart McKinney, bisexual US Representative-R-Connecticut 1971-1987, succumbs to complications from AIDS at 56

2000 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, US actor/naval hero/celebuspawn, can star in his own ghost story

2002 Seattle Slew, US racehorse, wears the roses one more time.

2002 Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist/writer (Making Face), gets to wear make-up one last time