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
- 1420 –Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.
- 1427 –The Visconti of Milan’s fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
- 1714 –The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
- 1794 –U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
- 1942 –World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
- 1960 –Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
- 1964 –Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
- 1970 –California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
- 1974 –Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1368 ft in the air.
- 1999 –The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.
Who were born on August 7?
- 1901 –Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1913 –George Van Eps, American guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1936 –Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist (d. 1977)
- 1944 –Robert Mueller, Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- 1961 –Brian Conley, English comedian
- 1962 –Alain Robert,French urban climber
- 1973 –Danny Graves, American baseball player
- 1973 –Kevin Muscat, Australian footballer
- 1975 –Hans Matheson, Scottish Actor
- 1983 –Christian Chavez, Mexican singer and actor (RBD)
Who died on August 7?
- 1639 –Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605)
- 1661 –Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
- 1834 –Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)
- 1893 –Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (b. 1854)
- 1912 –François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
- 1970 –Jonathan Jackson, instigator of the Marin County Civic Center shootout and brother of Black Panther George Jackson (b. 1953)
- 1985 –Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1989 –Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944)
- 1991 –Billy T. James, New Zealand comedian, (b. 1944)
- 2008 –Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent/manager and producer (b. 1931)
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