Discover what happened on May 7 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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Discover what happened on May 7 with HISTORY&#8217;s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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Immigration, the movement of people living in one country into another country, is a fundamental aspect of human history, though it was as controversial hundreds of years ago as it is today.

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Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

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Natural disasters and the environment, such as climate change, the San Francisco Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, the Galveston Hurricane, the Krakatoa eruption and others, have profoundly shaped human history.

This Day In History: May 7

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” recovered after theft

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First Japanese immigrant arrives in the U.S.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 debuts

“Satisfaction” comes to Keith Richards in his sleep

Ottawa Chief Pontiac’s Rebellion against the British begins

French defeated at Dien Bien Phu

German submarine sinks Lusitania

Gary Cooper born

Mount Pelée begins to erupt, burying Caribbean city

Serial killer H.H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia

Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR

Daimler‑Benz announces purchase of Chrysler Corp.

Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims

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