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Today in History: Archibald MacLeish Born and Lusitania Sunk on May 7

7 May 2026 8:01 a.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

Discover two major historical events that happened on May 7. Archibald MacLeish, the ninth Librarian of Congress, was born in 1892, and the British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.

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