On this day in movie history - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015):

Mad Max: Fury Road,

directed by George Miller,

written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris,

was released in the United States on May 7, 2015.
Music by Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL.

Cast:
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, John Howard, Richard Carter, Iota, Angus Sampson, Jennifer Hagan, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer, Melita Jurisic, Gillian Jones, Joy Smithers, Antoinette Kellermann, Christina Koch, Jon Iles, Quentin Kenihan, Coco Jack Gillies, Chris Patton, Stephen Dunlevy, Richard Norton, John Walton, Ben Smith-Petersen, Russ McCarroll, Judd Wild, Elizabeth Cunico, Greg van Borssum, Robert Jones, Sebastian Dickins, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Crusoe Kurddal, Shyan Tonga, Cass Cumerford, Albert Lee, Riley Paton, Ripley Voeten, Macyn Van Borssum, Hunter Stratton Boland, Nathan Jenkins, Fletcher Gill, Whiley Toll, Ferdinand Hengombe, Gadaffi Davsab, Noddy Alfred, Jackson Hengombe, Christian Fane, Callum Gallagher, Abel Hofflin, Lee Perry, Debra Ades, Toby Ayers, Rhavin Banda, Karl Heinz Barr, Alison Benstead, Craig Bourke, Nerida Bronwen, Will C., Hélène Cardona, Jeremy Costello, Sandi Finlay, Gareth Hamilton-Foster, Dawn Hogan, Georgia Jarrett, Hiroshi Kasuga, Jack Kelly, Ryan Madden, Robert Alexander Maxwell McCann, Shuhei Ogawa, Benjamin W Sullivan, Vanessa Summerfield, Yassica Switakowski, Leanne Michelle Watson.

On this day in music history - Soul of the Beloved, by Uma Silbey (2002):

The album Soul of the Beloved,

by Uma Silbey,

was released on May 7, 2002.

On this day in movie history - The Blue Lightning (1986):

The Blue Lightning,

directed by Lee Philips,

written by William Kelley,

was released in the United States on May 7, 1986.
Music by Frank Strangio.

Cast:
Sam Elliott, Rebecca Gilling, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Max Phipps, Robert Culp, Ralph Cotterill, Jack Davis, Ray Meagher, Michael Carman, Norman Erskine, Gary Waddell, Jeff Truman, Garry Who, Bob Barrett, Chris Pang, Peter Ford, Ernie Dingo, Leo Martin, Kenneth Radley, Dennis Hunt, Glenn Boswell, Bob Hicks, Zev Eleftheriou, Roy Edmunds.

On this day in music history - Symphony No. 9, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1824):

Symphony No. 9,

by Ludwig van Beethoven,

was first performed in Vienna on May 7, 1824.
Choral symphony in four movements.
Opus 125, in D minor.
Composed: 1822–1824.
Ode to Joy, based on the 1785 text by Friedrich Schiller.

Born on this day – Anne Baxter:

Anne Baxter

Actress

May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985

Credits:

20 Mule Team (1940); A Royal Scandal (1945); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); All About Eve (1950); Amazing World of Radio (2018); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); Arena (1983); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Backstory (2000–2001); Banacek (1973); Batman (1966–1967); Bedevilled (1955); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1994–1995); Blaze of Noon (1947); Bracken's World (1970); Campus Heat (1969); Cannon (1973); Carnival Story (1954); Charley's Aunt (1941); Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958); Checkmate (1960); Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock (2005); Cimarron (1960); Circus of Love (1954); Columbo (1973); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Compression (2016–2023); Cowboy in Africa (1967); Crash Dive (1943); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Day at Night (1974); Dr. Kildare (1964); East of Eden (1981); exclusiv (1985); Five Graves to Cairo (1943); Follow the Sun (1951); Fools' Parade (1971); Gala Dinner Tribute to Aaron Spelling (1985); General Electric Theater (1957–1960); Guest in the House (1944); Hagen (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (1985); Homecoming (1948); Hotel (1983–1986); Hour Magazine (1983); I Confess (1953); If Tomorrow Comes (1971); Ironside (1968–1969); Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Lapin 360 (1972); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973); Little Mo (1978); Love Story (1973); Lux Playhouse (1958); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1973); Marilyn (1963); Mix Me a Person (1962); Mother Wore Tights (1947); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1967); My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Nero Wolfe (1979); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightmare / Companions in Nightmare (1968); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Northern Exposure (1993); O. Henry's Full House / The Last Leaf (1952); One Desire (1955); Over Easy (1978); Paris 7000 (1970); Playhouse 90 (1958); Ritual of Evil (1970); Riverboat (1959); Run for Your Life (1968); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Season of Passion (1959); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Smoky (1946); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Swamp Water (1941); The 14th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1983); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Alan Hamel Show (1976–1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1983); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Big Valley (1969); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Busy Body (1967); The Catcher (1972); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Challengers (1970); The Come On (1956); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins (1984); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eve of St. Mark (1944); The F.B.I. (1968); The Family Jewels (1965); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Great Profile (1940); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Late Liz (1971); The Linkletter Show (1958–1964); The Loner (1965); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Love Boat (1981–1985); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1984); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1978); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The North Star (1943); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pied Piper (1942); The Purple Heart (1944); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Spoilers (1955); The Tall Women (1966); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1976); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1968); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Wandering Company (1985); This Is Your Life (1973 / 1985); Three Violent People (1956); To Tell the Truth (1958); Today (1984); Wagon Train (1959); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Yellow Sky (1948); You Don't Say (1967–1968); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1971); You're My Everything (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Darren McGavin:

Darren McGavin

Actor

May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972); A Bond of Iron (1979); A Christmas Story (1983); A Perfect Stranger (1994); A Song to Remember (1945); A Word to the Wives... (1955); African Gold (1965); Airport '77 (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); American Reunion (1976); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1977); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Banyon (1971); Beau James (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Berlin Affair (1970); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Billy Madison (1995); Blood and Concrete (1991); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bracken's World (1970); Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976); Buckskin (1959); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Burke's Law (1995); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Cade's County (1971); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain America (1990); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Doubletalk (1967); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1975–1977); Child in the Night (1990); Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997); Cimarron Strip (1967); Civil Wars (1992); Climax! (1956); Confidential for Women (1966); Counter-Attack (1945); Court Martial (1966); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Custer (1967); Danger (1952–1954); Dead Heat (1988); Death Valley Days (1961); Decision (1958); Derby (1995); Dinah! (1975); Disneyland '59 (1959); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Donovan's Kid (1979); Dr. Kildare (1965); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Eye Guess (1966); Fallen Angels (1995); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); Fantasy Island (1978); Fear (1946); Firebird 2015 AD (1981); Flag (1988); Freedom to Speak (1983); From the Hip (1987); Fudge (1995); Games People Play (1980); Gargoyles (1995); Goodyear Playhouse (1952); Grace Under Fire (1996); Gunsmoke (1965–1966); Gypsy (1965); Hangar 18 (1980); Happy Hell Night (1991); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Hay que matar a B. (1974); Here Comes the Judge (1972); Here's Hollywood (1960); Highway to Heaven (1988); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Home Again (1979); Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978); I Remember You (1949); Ike: The War Years (1979); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); In the Name of Blood (1989); Inherit the Wind (1988); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's Always Jan (1955); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); Kolchak: Crackle of Death (1974); Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lamp Unto My Feet (1951–1952); Law and Order (1976); Love for Rent (1979); Love, American Style / Love and the Fly (1970); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Mama (1954); Mannix (1970); Mastergate (1992); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matt Lincoln (1970); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Millennium (1997); Miracles & Other Wonders (1992); Missing Links (1964); Mission Mars (1968); Mission: Impossible (1967); Monsters (1989); Mooch (1974); Mr. I. Magination (1949–1952); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); Murder, She Wrote (1992); Murphy Brown (1989–1992); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Mysteries of the Ancient World (1994); NBC Experiment in Television (1968); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Stalker (2005); No Deposit, No Return (1976); Not Until Today (1979); Omnibus / Jack Be Normal / The Virtuous Island / The Man in the Cool, Cool Moon (1953–1955); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Password (1961–1974); Perfect Harmony (1991); Philbin's People (1970); Play Your Hunch (1960); Playdate (1963); Police Story (1974); Ponds Theater (1954); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Producers' Showcase (1955); Pros & Cons (1999); Purex Summer Specials (1962); Queen for a Day (1951); Raw Deal (1986); Rawhide (1961); Riverboat (1959–1961); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Route 66 (1961); Sam Cade (1972); Shaft (1974); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Short Short Dramas (1953); Sibs (1992); Sisters (1995); Small & Frye (1983); Small Time (1996); Something Evil (1972); Stagecoach West (1961); Still Waters Burn (2008); Studio One (1951–1958); Summertime (1955); uspense (1952–1954); Talent Scouts (1962); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (1987); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Tattletales (1975–1977); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual Tony Awards (1960); The 43rd Annual Writers Guild Awards (1991); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The 50th Anniversary Gala for USC's Film Department (1979); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The American Clock (1993); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters (1994); The Arthur Murray Party (1960); The Baron and the Kid (1984); The Bob Wilkins Lost Film Collection (2009); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Challenge (1970); The Challengers (1970); The Commish (1995); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Death of Me Yet (1971); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Diamond Trap (1988); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Evil Touch (1973–1974); The Face Is Familiar (1966); The Felony Squad (1966); The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1991); The Ghouls (2003); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark (1993); The Islanders (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Legend of Jud Starr (1967); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1968–1982); The Making of 'Billy Madison' (1995); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Martian Chronicles (1980); The Match Game (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1977); The Movie Game (1971); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Natural (1984); The New Steve Allen Show (1964); The Night Stalker (1972); The Night Strangler (1973); The Object Is (1964); The O'Briens (1985); The Outsider (1967–1969); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Price Is Right (1964); The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Rogues (1965); The Rookies (1972); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Telltale Clue (1954); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1968); The Tribe (1970); The Users (1978); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1964–1967); The Web (1952); The X-Files (1998–1999); To Tell the Truth (1961–1965); Today (1968); Touched by an Angel (1997); Turk 182 (1985); Unclaimed Fortunes (1989); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Waikiki (1980); Welcome to the Basement (2019); What's My Line? (1961–1973); Witchcraft (1961); Worlds Beyond (1986); You Don't Say (1968); Your Next Job (1945); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Gale Robbins:

Gale Robbins

Actress

Singer

May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Calamity Jane (1953); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Double Jeopardy (1955); George Jessel Show (1959); Gunsmoke (1966); Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Harry James and His Music Makers (1953); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood House (1949); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Johnny Midnight (1960); M Squad (1959); Markham (1960); Mister Ed (1962); Mr. Hex (1946); My Dear Secretary (1948); My Girl Tisa (1948); My Little Margie (1955); Oh My Word (1965); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Passport to Danger (1956); Perry Mason (1965); Philip Marlowe (1960); Place the Face (1955); Quantrill's Raiders (1958); Race Street (1948); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); State Trooper (1959); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Stump the Stars (1953); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Belle of New York (1952); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1958); The Brigand (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1952); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1955); The Fuller Brush Girl (1950); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Millionaire (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Untouchables (1961); The Windjammer (1945); Three Little Words (1950); Thriller (1962); Trackdown (1957); Valentine's Day (1965).

Born on this day – Bumble Bee Slim:

Bumble Bee Slim

Blues singer

Guitarist

May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968

Albums:

12 O clock Southern Train (2014); Aching Pain Blues (2023); Back in Town (2013); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 5 1935-1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8 1937-1951 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 9 (1934-1951) (2005); Chain Gang Bound (2015); From Georgia to Chicago 1931-1937 (1998); Got the Blues (2011); Greasy Greens And Blues (2012); Instinctively the Blues (2020); Jazz Figures (1934 -1935) Volume 3 (2011); Jazz Figures (1934) Volume 2 (2011); Jazz Figures (1935 - 1936) Volume 5 (2011); The Piedmont Blues (2024).

Born on this day – Gary Cooper:

Gary Cooper

Actor

May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961

Born on this day – Johannes Brahms:

Johannes Brahms

Composer

May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897

Born on this day – Robert Browning:

Robert Browning

Writer

May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889

Credits:

A Death in the Desert; A Grammarian's Funeral; A Toccata of Galuppi's; Abt Vogler; An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician; Andrea Del Sarto; Aristophanes' Apology (1875); Asolando: Prologue / Summum Bonum / Bad Dreams III / Flute-Music, with an Accompaniment / Epilogue (1889); Balaustion's Adventure (1871); Bells and Pomegranates (1841–46); Bells and Pomegranates No. I: Pippa Passes (play) (1841); Bells and Pomegranates No. II: King Victor and King Charles (play) (1842); Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics (1842); Bells and Pomegranates No. IV: The Return of the Druses (play) (1843); Bells and Pomegranates No. V: A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (play) (1843); Bells and Pomegranates No. VI: Colombe's Birthday (play) (1844); Bells and Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845); Bells and Pomegranates No. VIII: Luria and A Soul's Tragedy (plays) (1846); Bishop Blougram's Apology; By the Fire-side; Caliban upon Setebos; Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came; Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day (1850); Cleon; Count Gismond; Dramatic Idyls (1879); Dramatic Idyls: Second Series (1880); Dramatis Personae (1864); Evelyn Hope; Ferishtah's Fancies (1884); Fifine at the Fair (1872); Fra Lippo Lippi; Home Thoughts from Abroad; How It Strikes a Contemporary; How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix; Jocoseria (1883); Johannes Agricola in Meditation; La Saisiaz and The Two Poets of Croisic (1878); Love Among the Ruins; Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha; Meeting at Night; Memorabilia; Men and Women (1855); Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"; My Last Duchess; My Star; Numpholeptos; Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper (1876); Pan and Luna; Paracelsus (1835); Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day (1887); Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession (1833); Porphyria's Lover; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society (1871); Prospice; Rabbi Ben Ezra; Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or, Turf and Towers (1873); Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister; Sordello (1840); Strafford (play) (1837); Thamuris Marching; The Agamemnon of Aeschylus (1877); The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church; The Inn Album (1875); The Laboratory; The Last Ride Together (1855); The Lost Leader; The Patriot; The Pied Piper of Hamelin; The Ring and the Book (1868–69); The Statue and the Bust; The Year's at the Spring.

Movies and television:

A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); A Light Woman (1920); About Religion (1964); Abra Cadabra (1983); As Husbands Go (1934); Child of M'sieu (1919); Classic Tales (2008); Directions (1965); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Fluteman (1982); It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (2000); James Lee's Wife (1913); Kummatty (1979); Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer? (1972–1976); Magic Hands (2016); My Last Duchess (2020); Pied Piper of Hamelin (1903); Pied Piper of Hamelin (2015); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); The Flight of the Duchess (1916); The Light Woman (1913); The Pied Piper (1907); The Pied Piper (1933); The Pied Piper (1972); The Pied Piper (1986); The Pied Piper by Adrian Mitchell (1986); The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1913); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1926); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1981); The Pied Piper of Hamlin (1992); The Reluctant Dragon (1987); The Ring and the Book (1914); The Sweet Hereafter (1997); Women and Roses (1914).

Bonnie Friedman, on writing:

Writing teaches writing.

Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.

- Bonnie Friedman.