Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history. Date: May 7, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. Date: May 7, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. Date: May 7, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. Date: May 7, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people. Date: May 7, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. Date: May 7, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tanur boat disaster: At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India. Date: May 7, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people. Date: May 7, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day…