Today in History, 5/7

558: In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Emperor Justinian I immediately orders it to be rebuilt.
1429: Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orleans, pulling an arrow out of her shoulder and charging, wounded, into battle. The victory marked the turning point in the Hundred Years War.
1824: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has its world premiere in Vienna.

1840: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer is born.
1847: The American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia.
1885: Gabby Hayes is born. He played grizzled old prospectors or sidekicks in dozens of westerns. Here he is with Roy Rogers.

1901: Gary Cooper is born. He was awesome in High Noon.1911: Ishiro Honda is born. He directed the original Godzilla and Godzilla vs King Kong.

1915: German submarine U-20 sinks the RMS Lusitania killing 1198 people and drawing America further into World War I.1922: Darren McGavin is born. He was in Kolchak: The Night Stalker and famously played The Old Man in A Christmas Story.

1933: Johnny Unitas is born. Abe Simpson once declared that you could set your watch by his hair.1945: V-E Day: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, pretty much ending WWII in Europe.1946: Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with 20 employees.
1951: Robert Hegyes is born. He played Juan Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter. Here's one where the Sweat Hogs join the debate team.

1952: The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first laid out by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and pretty much ends France's military involvement in Vietnam.
1954: Amy Heckerling is born. She directed the 80's classics Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Johnny Dangerously. I looked and couldn't find the infamous Phoebe Cates scene from Fast Times (you know the one) so here's the "Your Testicles And You" movie from Johnny Dangerously.

1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev public announces that the Soviet Union is holding U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.