May 7

Events

 * 1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
 * 1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
 * 1963 - The Telstar II communications satellite was launched

Births

 * 1833 – Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
 * 1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
 * 1909 – Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
 * 1927 – Jim Lowe, American singer
 * 1931 – Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (d. 2007)
 * 1933 – Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
 * 1939 – Johnny Maestro, American pop singer
 * 1939 – Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
 * 1943 – Terry Allen, American country music singer
 * 1943 – Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
 * 1946 – Thelma Houston, American singer
 * 1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
 * 1956 – Anne Dudley, British composer
 * 1961 – Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
 * 1963 – Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 * 1969 – Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
 * 1971 – Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
 * 1972 – Felix Da Housecat, American House music DJ and record producer
 * 1973 – Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter
 * 1975 – Zee, American hip hop artist
 * 1977 – Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
 * 1986 – Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
 * 1988 – Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious