On This Day for May 7 - Theatre Royal opened, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. May 07 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1663 Theatre Royal opened READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2002: On the 25th anniversary of his Kentucky Derby win, Seattle Slew, the first undefeated racehorse ever to win the U.S. Triple Crown, died. [ Can you identify these well-known horses?] 1954: Viet Minh General Vo Nguyen Giap took the French by surprise at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, surrounding their base with 40,000 men and employing heavy artillery to capture it during the First Indochina War. [Test your knowledge of significant moments in military history.] 1946: Sony Corporation, a major Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics products, was founded by Ibuka Masaru and Morita Akio. [Take our electronics and gadgets quiz.] 1945: A German delegation that included General Alfred Jodl went to U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims, France, and signed the surrender documents that ended the European phase of World War II. [ Sort fact from fiction in our World War II quiz.] 1919: Argentine political figure Eva Perón —who, as the wife of President Juan Perón, became a powerful though unofficial leader—was born. [Test your knowledge of South America.] 1918: The Treaty of Bucharest forced Romania to make territorial and financial reparations following its defeat by the Central Powers during World War I. [How much do you know about World War I?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1748 Olympe de Gouges French writer 1861 Rabindranath Tagore Bengali poet 1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian composer 1711 David Hume Scottish philosopher 1892 Josip Broz Tito president of Yugoslavia 1901 Gary Cooper American actor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help