Today is Wednesday, May 7, the 128th day of 2008. There are 238 days left in the year.
1429 _ English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc
1824 _ Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
1832 _ Greece becomes independent republic
1920 _ USSR recognizes independence of Georgia
1928 _ England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
1942 _ Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
1945 _ Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
1966 _ Mamas & Papas ``Monday Monday" hits No. 1
1975 _ President Ford declares an end to ``Vietnam Era"
1993 _ South Africa agrees to multiracial elections