May 7

Today in History
• 1355 - 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
• 1429 - English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc
• 1660 - Isaack B. Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
• 1663 - Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
• 1700 - William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
• 1789 - 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in New York City)
• 1800 - Indiana Territory organized
• 1832 - Greece becomes independent republic


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Beaufort Scale Day
• International Dawn Chorus Day
• International Permaculture Day
• Mayday for Mutts
• National Lemonade Day
• National Paste Up Day
• National Tourism Day
• Pilates Day

Birthdays
• 1530 - Louis I Conde, French prince/leader of hugenots
• 1574 - Innocent X, Giambattista Pamfili, 236th pope, 1644-55
• 1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 17th Mayor of New York City
• 1767 - Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany
• 1826 - Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady, Confederacy
• 1847 - Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister, 1894 - 189
• 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-85
• 1909 - Edwin Land, inventor of instant photography and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation