Today is Thursday, May 7, the 127th day of 2015. There are 238 days left in the year.
1824 ― Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
1832 ― Greece becomes independent republic
1866 ― German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
1888 ― George Eastman patents ``Kodak box camera"
1912 ― Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories; the award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
1928 ― England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
1945 ― Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
1954 ― French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
1954 ― U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO
1959 ― Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in Los Angeles Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
1966 ― Mamas & Papas ``Monday Monday" hits No. 1