Today in History for 7th May 2026

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Historical Events

558 - Dome of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople collapses, Justinian I immediately orders it rebuilt
1949 - 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
2006 - On the final day of the Premier League season, Thierry Henry scores a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic in the last match played at Highbury
2011 - 137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04
2017 - MTV becomes the first major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories, with Emma Watson winning Best Film Actor and Millie Bobby Brown winning Best TV Actor

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Famous Birthdays

1892 - Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), born in Kumrovec, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (d. 1980)
1936 - Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer ("What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"), born in Collinsville, Mississippi (d. 2014)
1959 - Michael E. Knight, American actor (Tad Martin in "All My Children"), born in Princeton, New Jersey
1960 - Arnon Ohad, Israeli pilot and first officer of EI Al flight 1862 that crashed in Bijlmer Amsterdam, born in Israel
1964 - Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end and 6x Pro-Bowl selection (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams), born in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Famous Deaths

973 - Otto I, the Great, East Frankish king and Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
2018 - Mikhail German, Russian writer, dies at 85
2018 - Jeremy D. Safran, Canadian-born American clinical psychologist, is killed during a burglary
2020 - Brian Bolus, English cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 41.33; Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire), dies at 86
2021 - Martín Pando, Argentine soccer forward (11 caps; Argentinos Juniors, River Plate), dies at 86

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