What happened on May 7 ?

1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)

1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d. 1569)

1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politican (d. 1700)

1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d. 1772)

1724 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)

1740 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)

1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince (d. 1813)

1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)

1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)

1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)

1847 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)

1857 - William A. MacCorkle, American politican (d. 1930)

1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)

1867 - W?adys?aw Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1925)

1882 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960)

1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)

1891 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)

1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)

1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)

1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)

1909 - Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)

1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)

1919 - Eva Peron, Argentinean first lady (d. 1952)

1922 - Darren McGavin, American actor (d. 2006)

1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)

1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter

1929 - Babe Parilli, American football player

1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)

1931 - Teresa Brewer, American singer

1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)

1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer

1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate

1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, American singer

1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)

1943 - Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter

1945 - Christy Moore, Irish Folk Artist

1946 - Thelma Houston, American singer

1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)

1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor

1950 - Tim Russert, American television host

1954 - Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist

1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director

1955 - Ben Poquette, American basketball player

1955 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver.

1955 - Kevin Reed, American theologian

1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer

1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)

1968 - Traci Lords, American actress

1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician

1973 - Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter

1973 - Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist

1975 - Jason Tunks, Canadian Olympic discus thrower

1978 - Brian Clevinger, American author

1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer

1984 - Alex Smith, American football player

1986 - Rianne ten Haken, Dutch model

1987 - Asami Konno, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)