What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 7th May in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 7th May.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Rabindranath Tagore ( 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
- Adharvaa Murali ( born May 7, 1989) is an Indian film actor. He is best known for being the son of late actor Murali. He began his acting career in 2010 with the film Baana Kaathadi.
- Vega Tamotia (born 7 May in Chhattisgarh, India) is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the same-titled film, and Sobikannu in Pasanga.
Death anniversaries on 7th May:
- Pasupuleti Kannamba (September 20, 1912 – May 7, 1964) was a versatile actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu cinema, Andhra Pradesh, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produced about 25 films in Telugu and Tamil languages during 1930s to 1960s.
- Malati Vishram Bedekar (March 18, 1905 – May 7, 2001) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. She was the first prominent feminist writer in Marathi literature.
- Bruce McRae (January 15, 1867, India – May 7, 1927 City Island, New York, was an American stage and early silent film actor. Born in India in 1867 he entered acting as a stage actor. He was the first actor to play Dr. Watson to William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes.
Notable Events:
- 1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms Daimler Chrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
- 1907: The first electric tram car was operated in Bombay.
- 1973: The cornerstone of the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh is laid in Itanagar.
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