On This Day, May 7
- 2025: The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.
- 2023: 2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
- 2004: American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
- 2002: An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
- 2002: A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.