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 219^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 25, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,242,080 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 ‘dihectadecaenneagon’ 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 194 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 4,612 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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

• 1427 –
  The Visconti of Milan’s fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
• 1782 –
  George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
• 1819 –
  Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
• 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.
• 1938 –
  The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
• 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.
• 1967 –
  Vietnam War: the People’s Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
• 1974 –
  Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1368 ft in the air.
• 1989 –
  U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
• 2007 –
  Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron’s record by hitting his 756th home run.

Who were born on August 7?

• 317 –
  Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361)
• 1936 –
  Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist (d. 1977)
• 1939 –
  Anjanette Comer, American actress
• 1942 –
  Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
• 1953 –
  Anne Fadiman, American writer; daughter of Clifton Fadiman
• 1971 –
  Dominic Cork, England cricketer
• 1973 –
  Zane Lowe, New Zealander DJ/ Radio and Television presenter
• 1975 –
  David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist
• 1978 –
  Mark McCammon, Barbadian football player
• 1987 –
  Mustapha Dumbuya, English footballer

Who died on August 7?

• 1106 –
  Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
• 1848 –
  Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)
• 1953 –
  Abner Powell, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1957 –
  Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892)
• 1969 –
  Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905)
• 1972 –
  Aspasia Manos, wife of king Alexander of Greece (b. 1896)
• 2007 –
  Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919)
• 2008 –
  Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A. (b. 1957)
• 2009 –
  Mike Seeger, American folk musician (b. 1933)
• 2010 –
  Roberto Cantoral, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1935)