WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. MAY
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Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. (7. May 1999)

Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. (7. May 1999)

In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. (7. May 1999)

Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia. (7. May 2000)

A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. (7. May 2002)

American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. (7. May 2004)

Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. (7. May 2007)

Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand. (7. May 2009)

27 people are killed and more than 30 injured, when a tanker truck crashes and explodes outside Mexico City. (7. May 2013)

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