A fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killing 26. Date: May 7, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada. Date: May 7, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On…
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49. Date: May 7, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise. Date: May 7, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day…
Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February. Date: May 7, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)