Unix Timestamp: 1020729600
Tuesday, May 7. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

South Korea seizes thousands of smuggled capsules from Northeastern People's Republic of China filled with powdered human flesh. //www.iol.co.za/news/world/s-korea-seizes-pills-made-from-dead-babies-1.1290736 (IOL)//www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/201257142432164324.html ("Al Jazeera")//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/9250438/Pills-filled-with-powdered-human-baby-flesh-found-by-customs-officials.html ("The Telegraph")

The "Yomiuri" reports that Japan and the United States have given up on plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Okinawa by 2014. //www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42940300 (Reuters via MSNBC)

Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthalgenome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred.ref name=Pinkowski

Dmitry Medvedev takes office as President of Russia, replacing Vladimir Putin.

Dmitry Medvedev assumes the role of the President of Russia. //news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7386940.stm (BBC News)

Discovery is announced of the Kerguelen Plateau, an Antarctic sunken large island formerly joined to India, from the icebreaker Polarstern at its homeport of Bremerhaven, Germany, after a 19-month research voyage to Antarctica. //timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2009270.cms (Times of India)

NASA announces that the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based telescopes have discovered a massive supernova designated SN 2006gy, the largest ever recorded, and possibly a new type that has been predicted but never observed. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6633609.stm (BBC) //www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070507_brighest_sn.html (Space.com)

In Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an attempt is made to reconstruct the Ferhadija mosque. However, the ceremony results in mass riots by Serb nationalists, who beat and stone 300 elderly Bosnian Muslims.

Finland wins the ice hockeyworld chionship.

In Florida, the Liberian freighter "Summit Venture" hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Ta Bay. A 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses and 35 people (most in a bus) are killed.

The Norco shootout takes place in California.

James Alexander George Smith Jags McCartney the Turks and Caicos Islands’ first Chief Minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.

Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).

General elections are held in Italy.

Vietnam War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed "Sony") is founded with about 20 employees.

WWII: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion Fighter Group, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.

Italy annexes Ethiopia.

The Pearl of Lao Tzu, 24 x 14 cm, is found in a giant clam off Palawan, Philippines.

The Battle Of Blood Alley is fought in Sydney, Australia

A Civil war ends in Nicaragua.

WWI: The RMS \'\'Lusitania\'\' is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198.

In Saint Vincent, La Soufrière erupts, devastating the northern portion of the island, killing 2,000 people

May 9 ndash Bava-Beccaris massacre: Hundreds of demonstrators are killed when General Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris orders troops to fire on a rally in Milan, Italy (in 1900, King Umberto I of Italy is killed in an act of vengeance for his praise of the shooting).

The Cook Islands issue their first postage sts.

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) is signed between Japan and Russia.

The S.S. ''Schiller'' wrecks on the rocks off the Isles of Scilly.

First public performance of "Cox and Box" by Francis Burnand and Arthur Sullivan, at the Adelphi Theatre, London.

Treaty of London: the great powers of Europe reaffirm the neutrality of Luxembourg, ending the Luxembourg Crisis.

Canadian Confederation: Queen Victoria signs the British North America Act, creating the Dominion of Canada with effect from July 1.

The Austro-Hungarian agreement (called "Ausgleich" in German or "kiegyezés" in Hungarian (the Compromise)) is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is crowned King of Hungary.

Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in the United Kingdom.

Clipper Ship "City of Adelaide" launched in Sunderland, United Kingdom. The ship has become the world's oldest surviving clipper ship of only two that survive - "Cutty Sark" is the other.

American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.

The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Before it is over, 317 people are killed and 109 injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria, is chosen King. Thus begins the history of modern Greece.

Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9", premieres in Vienna.

Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette arrives at the French court.

Chief Pontiac begins the Conspiracy of Pontiac by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.

June ndash Blackbeard and Bonnet take refuge in Bath, North Carolina, where Governor Charles Eden pardons them and their crew.

New Orleans, Louisiana, is founded.

The royal castle Tre Kronor (Three Crowns) in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.

The reign of Peter the Great officially begins.

Opening of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London.ref name=Cassell's Chronology/

The Battle of Okpo is another naval victory for Korea over Japan.

The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning wounded to lead the final charge.

Pope Clement VI succeeds Pope Benedict XII as the 198th pope.

The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the liberation of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to liberate the Holy Land from Muslims, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsuccessful.

Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla writes "Ginnat Egoz" (Garden of Nuts).

November ndash The diet at Nuremberg orders that all crown estates seized since the death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor be restored to Rudolph I of Germany almost all European rulers agree, with the notable exception of King Otakar II of Bohemia, who had benefited greatly by conquering or otherwise coming into possession of many of those lands.

Bonvesin de la Riva writes the didactic-allegoric poemet "Libro de le tre scritture" (Negra, Rubra, Aurea), the first text in ancient Western Lombard language (still similar to other Gallo-Italian languages), and one of the first great literary works in Italy. It tells about Hell, Christ's Passion and Paradise this plot suggests Dante in his "Comedia".

His interim chancellor and effective regent, Walter de Merton retires from royal service to make the final revisions to his statutes for the foundation of Merton College, Oxford and take up the post of Bishop of Rochester.

King Edward I of England finally returns from the Ninth Crusade to England to be crowned king, 2 years after his father King Henry III's death.

Pope Gregory X decrees that conclaves (meetings during which the electors have no contact with the outside) should be used for papal elections, reforming the electoral process which had taken over 3 years to elect him.

The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an Englishcensus seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is begun it lasts until 1275.

In Florence, the nine-year-old Dante Alighieri first sees the eight-year-old Beatrice.

One of Edward's first acts is to enforce a decree requiring all EnglishJews to wear yellow badges.

Battle of Harran: Baldwin II, count of Edessa, is taken prisoner by the Seljuk TurksTancred becomes regent.

Clotaire I reunites the Frankish kingdom.

The Guanghua Temple is built.//www.fzu.edu.cn/fujian/eput.html Litchi City Putian

In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I orders the dome rebuilt.

Istemi of the Western Turks, in alliance with Sassanid Persia, defeats the Hephthalites.

Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata.

The Jewish revolt against Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine. The Roman garrison in the town of Diocesarea is destroyed.