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 219th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 25, 2023 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 469,824 hours 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.
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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 187 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 3,881 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
- 461 –Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer .
- 936 –Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
- 1420 –Construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore begins in Florence.
- 1794 –U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
- 1879 –The opening of the Poor Man’s Palace in Manchester.
- 1955 –Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
- 1959 –Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1964 –Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
- 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.
Who were born on August 7?
- 1884 –Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1927 –Carl Switzer, American child actor (d. 1959)
- 1928 –Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1932 –Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (d. 1973)
- 1934 –Sándor Simó, Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1944 –John Glover, American actor
- 1963 –Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (d. 1963)
- 1972 –Greg Serano, American actor
- 1978 –Shirley Yeung, Hong Kong actress
- 1983 –Tina O'Brien, British actress
Who died on August 7?
- 1639 –Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605)
- 1960 –Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine Boxer (b. 1894)
- 1969 –Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905)
- 1970 –Harold Haley, American judge (b. 1904)
- 1972 –Joi Lansing, American model and actress (b. 1929)
- 1989 –Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944)
- 1992 –John Anderson, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2004 –Colin Bibby, English ornithologist (b. 1948)
- 2007 –Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (b. 1931)
- 2010 –Roberto Cantoral, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
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