Historical Events for 7th May 2023

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1867 - Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
1910 - 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
1924 - Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1951 - International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
2007 - Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University announces he has discovered the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, West Bank
2008 - Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as the 3rd President of the Russian Federation
2012 - NATO air strike kills 14 and woulds 6 civilians in Afghanistan's Badghis Province
2013 - The Dow Jones Industrial average and SandP 500 set record highs
2014 - Fighting between pro-Russian and Kiev forces continue amid fears internationally of a civil war in Ukraine
2017 - “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” becomes the highest grossing Indian box office film ever earning $120 million

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