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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48452)5/7/2005 1:57:05 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
May 7:

1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor premiered in Vienna.
1915 - World War I: The ocean liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine Unterseeboot 20, killing 1,198 on board.
1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Polish-Ukrainian troops led by Józef Pilsudski and Edward Rydz-Smigly carried out the Kiev Offensive to capture Kyiv, Ukraine.
1945 - End of World War II in Europe: In Reims, France, General Alfred Jodl signed and submitted the capitulation documents to the Allies on behalf of Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz.
1992 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched for its first mission.