1984 42 years ago Notable Births May 7

Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler

On May 7, in the year 1984, Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of May 7, one of 309 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Kevin Owens. Learn more below.

Kevin Yanick Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on May 7, 1984 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 23 April 2026.

On This Date in History 309

Type Year Date Event
Historical Events 2025 May 7 The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in
Notable Deaths 2024 May 7 Steve Albini, American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist (born 1962)
Historical Events 2023 May 7 2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Ker
Notable Deaths 2023 May 7 Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (born 1930)
Selected Events 2023 May 7 A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India
Notable Deaths 2015 May 7 Frank DiPascali, American businessman (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 7 John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 7 Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 7 Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 7 Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 7 Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 7 George Sauer, Jr
Notable Deaths 2012 May 7 Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 7 Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 7 Dennis E
Notable Deaths 2011 May 7 Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2011 May 7 Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2011 May 7 Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2011 May 7 Victor Nosach, Soviet historian (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2010 May 7 Adele Mara, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2010 May 7 Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
Selected Events 2010 May 7 A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that today's humans have Neanderthal ancestors
Notable Deaths 2009 May 7 David Mellor, English designer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2009 May 7 Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1923)
Selected Events 2009 May 7 Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at off
Notable Deaths 2007 May 7 Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2007 May 7 Diego Corrales, American boxer (born 1977)
Notable Deaths 2007 May 7 Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2007 May 7 Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2006 May 7 Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2006 May 7 Joan C
Notable Deaths 2005 May 7 Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (born 1971)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 7 Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (born 1909)
Notable Deaths 2005 May 7 Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)
Historical Events 2004 May 7 American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants
Notable Births 2004 May 7 Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player
Notable Births 2004 May 7 Minji, South Korean singer
Notable Deaths 2004 May 7 Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (born 1956)
Historical Events 2002 May 7 An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis–Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people
Historical Events 2002 May 7 A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people
Notable Births 2002 May 7 Jake Bongiovi, American model and actor
Notable Births 2002 May 7 Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer
Notable Deaths 2001 May 7 Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (born 1912)
Historical Events 2000 May 7 Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia
Notable Deaths 2000 May 7 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Historical Events 1999 May 7 Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since th
Historical Events 1999 May 7 Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embass
Historical Events 1999 May 7 In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup
Notable Births 1999 May 7 Tommy Fury, English boxer
Notable Births 1999 May 7 Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer

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