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1530 Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, (born May 7, 1530, Vendôme, Franceâdied March 13, 1569, Jarnac), military leader of the Huguenots in the first decade of Franceâs Wars of Religion. He was the leading adult prince of the French blood royal on the Huguenot side (apart from the king of Navarre).
1724 Dagobert Sigismund, Count von Wurmser (7 May 1724 â 22 August 1797) was an Austrian field marshal during the French Revolutionary Wars. Although he fought in the Seven Years’ War, the War of the Bavarian Succession, and mounted several successful campaigns in the Rhineland in the initial years of the French Revolutionary Wars, he is probably most remembered for his unsuccessful operations against Napoleon Bonaparte during the 1796 campaign in Italy.
1763 Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (7 May 1763 â 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
1774 William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 â July 27, 1833) was a Commodore in the United States Navy. During his long career in the young American Navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea. He commanded several famous naval ships, including USS Constitution, and saw service in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Bainbridge was also in command of USS Philadelphia when she grounded off the shores of Tripoli in North Africa, resulting in his capture and imprisonment for many months. In the latter part of his career he became the U.S. Naval Commissioner.
1892 Josip Broz (7 May 1892 â 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II, he was the leader of the Partisans, often regarded as the most effective resistance movement in occupied Europe. He also served as the president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 14 January 1953 until his death on 4 May 1980.
1953 Ian John McKay, VC (7 May 1953 â 12 June 1982) was a British Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Wortley, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, McKay was platoon sergeant of 4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, during the Falklands War. He was killed during the Battle of Mount Longdon, when the deed described below took place, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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