On This Day in History May 7, 2020

Historical Events 1429  English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army 1912  Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer 1915  RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost 1939  Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis 1945  World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims 1952  The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer 2017  Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Edwin Land (1909 - 1991) Josip Broz Tito (1892 - 1980) Olympe de Gouges (1748 - 1793) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825) H. H. Holmes (1861 - 1896) More Famous Deaths