EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 7
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Day 126 of 2026 | Week 19 | 233 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.
2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American model and son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi
Dutch footballer for Liverpool and the Netherlands
Spanish soccer midfielder (Dinamo Zagreb
born in Wichita
American golfer (British Open 2022 runner-up)
American R&B and pop singer (Girlicious)
American actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live
Italian fashion blogger (The Blonde Salad)
Japanese-American actress and writer (Mr & Mrs Smith
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hop Along; Likewise)
Australian actor (Home and Away
English musician and drummer (Arctic Monkeys)
Canadian director and actor (Republic of Doyle
American politician (Rep-R-Fla 2017-)
German operatic contralto
🎯 yow.com Connection
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