What Happened – May 7

It was on this day in 1429 that Joan of Arc pulled an arrow out of her shoulder and then went on to kick some serious butt. The English were attacking a city gate when an archer’s missile struck her. Upon seeing this, the attackers started to dance while singing “The witch is dead!” But the battle wasn’t over for the young leader…after removing the arrow and applying a salve, she returned to the battle in order to rally the troops and ended the evening by chasing away the invaders, thus ending a six month siege of Orleans.

It was also on this day, but in 1718, that the city of New Orleans was founded on the banks of the Mississippi river. Like it was said before: *cue spooky music*

 

The earliest event listed by Wiki for this day is “558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt” and the most recent is “2008 – Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as Russia’s president.

 

A few other things that happened on this day are:

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1915 – RMS Lusitania is sank by a German submarine.

1945 – Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies.

1946 – Sony is founded.

 

Happy birthday to Traci Lords, Johnny Lee Middleton & Bill Kreutzmann.

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1 Response to What Happened – May 7

  1. HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY 2 one of my favorite athletes, Willie Mays used to read children books about him as a kid, the Say Hey Kid. legend

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