📜 This Day in History

May 7

• 351Jews in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina rebelled against the rule of Constantius Gallus, caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 1697The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within the year.
• 1930An earthquake struck northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey, killing up to 3,000 people.
• 1946Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.
• 1999Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
• 2023A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India.

Born on this day

• 1711David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
• 1833Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (died 1897)
• 1840Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (died 1893)
• 1861Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)