2021-05-07

A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India.

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors.

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant.

Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

A fire and explosion at a fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killed 26 people.

A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.

Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.

A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill (pictured).

Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.

An earthquake struck northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey, killing up to 3,000 people.