What are the important events that happened on August 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 7 is the 220th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 25, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,716,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 175 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,247 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 7: This Day In History
The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.
August 7 Historical Events
- 1461 –The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
- 1909 –Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
- 1930 –The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
- 1959 –The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
- 1965 –The infamous first party between Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey’s estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell’s Angels.
- 1966 –Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
- 1974 –Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1368 ft in the air.
- 1978 –U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of.
- 1999 –The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.
Who were born on August 7?
- 1574 –Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
- 1598 –Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
- 1867 –Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
- 1926 –Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
- 1928 –James Randi, Canadian-American magician
- 1955 –Gregoris Valtinos, Greek actor and director
- 1980 –Anomie Belle, American musician
- 1980 –Tácio, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 –Stratos Perperoglou, Greek basketball player
- 1990 –Josh Franceschi, English singer-songwriter
Who died on August 7?
- 1848 –Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)
- 1855 –Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
- 1864 –Li Xiucheng, Chinese General in the Taiping Rebellion.(b. 1823)
- 1912 –François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
- 1969 –Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905)
- 1969 –Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
- 1984 –Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
- 1989 –Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944)
- 1995 –Brigid Brophy, British author (b. 1929)
- 1999 –Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
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