History for May 7 - On-This-Day.com
Robert Browning 1812 - Poet, married to poet Elizabeth Barrett, Johannes Brahms 1833 - Composer and pianist, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - Composer
Gabby (George Francis) Hayes 1885 - Actor, Gary (Frank James) Cooper 1901 - Actor ("Sergeant York [1941]", "The Virginian"), Johnny Unitas 1933 - Football player
1915 - The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine. 1,201 people were killed.
1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
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