As we speak is Wednesday, Might 7, the 127th day of 2025. There are 238 days left within the yr.

As we speak in historical past:

On Might 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Eire, killing 1,198 folks, together with 128 Individuals, out of the practically 2,000 on board.

Additionally on this date:

In 1945, Nazi Germany signed an unconditional give up at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its function in World Warfare II.

In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces; it could be the final main battle of the First Indochina Warfare.

In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an finish to the “Vietnam era.” In Ho Chi Minh Metropolis — previously Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover.

In 1977, Seattle Slew gained the Kentucky Derby, the primary of his Triple Crown victories.

In 1984, Monsanto and 6 different chemical firms agreed to pay a $180 million settlement to Vietnam veterans who have been uncovered to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange in the course of the Vietnam Warfare.

In 2020, Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son and charged them with homicide within the February capturing demise of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man they’d pursued in a truck after recognizing him operating of their neighborhood close to the port metropolis of Brunswick. (The 2 males and a 3rd white man can be convicted of homicide in state court docket and hate crimes in federal court docket.)

As we speak’s Birthdays:

Singer Thelma Houston is 82.
Rock musician Invoice Kreutzmann (Grateful Lifeless) is 79.
Actor/former boxer Randall “Tex” Cobb is 75.
Actor Breckin Meyer is 51.
Reggaeton musician J Balvin is 40.
Actor-comedian Aidy Bryant is 38.
Actor-writer Maya Erskine is 38.
Actor Alexander Ludwig is 33.
YouTube character MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) is 27.