May 7 in Pop Culture History

1718 – La Nouvelle-Orleans (now New Orleans) was founded by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, the Regent of France.

1896 – Dr. H. H. Holmes, one of America’s first well-known serial killers, was hanged to death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over 200 bodies were found on his property.

1902 (Volcano) Mount Pelee (Mount Pele), Martinique

1915 – A German U-boat sank the Lusitania.

1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit chip was first presented, at a Symposium on Progress in Quality Electronic Components in Washington DC, by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.

1963 – NASA launched the Telstar 2 communications satellite on behalf of AT&T.

#1 Hit May 7, 1966 – May 27, 1966: The Mamas & the Papas – Monday, Monday

#1 Hit May 7, 1977 – May 13, 1977: Eagles – Hotel California

#1 Hit May 7, 1988 – May 13, 1988: Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing Well

1994 – Norway’s most famous painting The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893), was recovered almost three months after it was stolen from a museum in Oslo.

1998 – Germany’s Daimler-Benz announced the purchase of the Chrysler Corporation, forming DaimlerChrysler AG. It was sold again in 2006, forming Chrysler LLC.

#1 Hit May 7, 2005 – June 3, 2005: Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl

#1 Hit May 7, 2016 – May 20, 2016: Desiigner – Panda