On this day in History - Aug 7
0461 - Majorian dies assassinated (b. 0420). Roman Emperor.
1400 - Guillaume Dufay was born (d. 1474). French composer.
1400 - Guillaume Dufay was born (d. 1474). French composer.
1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga was born (d. 1594). Spanish poet.
1560 - Elizabeth Báthory was born (d. 1614). Serial killer.
1598 - Georg Stiernhielm was born (d. 1672). Poet.
1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi dies (b. 1548). Italian architect.
1661 - Jin Shengtan dies (b. 1608). Chinese editor, writer and critic .
1679 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1742 - Nathanael Greene was born (d. 1786). American Revolutionary War general.
1767 - Alvará que concede privilégios aos directores da Real Fábrica de Chapéus de Pombal para aquisição de matérias-primas. Alvará proíbe a exportação de peles de lebre e coelho.
1779 - Louis de Freycinet was born (d. 1842). French explorer.
1779 - Carl Ritter was born (d. 1859). Geographer.
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.
1782 - Andreas Sigismund Marggraf dies. German chemist.
1789 - The United States War Department is established.
1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi dies (b. 1548). Italian architect.
1661 - Jin Shengtan dies (b. 1608). Chinese editor, writer and critic .
1679 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1742 - Nathanael Greene was born (d. 1786). American Revolutionary War general.
1767 - Alvará que concede privilégios aos directores da Real Fábrica de Chapéus de Pombal para aquisição de matérias-primas. Alvará proíbe a exportação de peles de lebre e coelho.
1779 - Louis de Freycinet was born (d. 1842). French explorer.
1779 - Carl Ritter was born (d. 1859). Geographer.
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.
1782 - Andreas Sigismund Marggraf dies. German chemist.
1789 - The United States War Department is established.
1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
1813 - Paulina Wright Davis (d. 1876). Suffragist.
1817 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours dies (b. 1739). French industrialist.
1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1830 - Dom Antônio de Macedo Costa was born. Brazilian bishop
1834 - Joseph Marie Jacquard dies. Inventor of the Jacquard loom
1836 - Evander Law was born (d. 1920). American Confederate general.
1848 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius dies (b. 1779). Swedish chemist.
1855 - Mariano Arista dies (b. 1802). President of Mexico .
1858 - Ottawa es elegida como la capital de Canadá por la Reina Victoria.
1860 - Alan Leo was born (d. 1917). Brititsh astrologer.
1867 - Emil Nolde, was born (d. 1956). Painter.
1876 - Mata Hari (Margret Gertrude Zelle) was born in Leewarden, Netherland (d. 1917). Spy.
1877 - Ulrich Salchow was born (d. 1949). Swedish figure skater.
1883 - Joachim Ringelnatz was born (d. 1934). Writer.
1885 - Billie Burke was born (d. 1970). Actress.
1890 - Gurley Flynn was born. Politician.
1890 - Carlos E. Pellegrini accede a la Presidencia de Argentina, tras la renuncia de Miguel Juárez Celman.
1895 - Ed Gil was born (d. 1995). Former baseball player.
1817 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours dies (b. 1739). French industrialist.
1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1830 - Dom Antônio de Macedo Costa was born. Brazilian bishop
1834 - Joseph Marie Jacquard dies. Inventor of the Jacquard loom
1836 - Evander Law was born (d. 1920). American Confederate general.
1848 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius dies (b. 1779). Swedish chemist.
1855 - Mariano Arista dies (b. 1802). President of Mexico .
1858 - Ottawa es elegida como la capital de Canadá por la Reina Victoria.
1860 - Alan Leo was born (d. 1917). Brititsh astrologer.
1867 - Emil Nolde, was born (d. 1956). Painter.
1876 - Mata Hari (Margret Gertrude Zelle) was born in Leewarden, Netherland (d. 1917). Spy.
1877 - Ulrich Salchow was born (d. 1949). Swedish figure skater.
1883 - Joachim Ringelnatz was born (d. 1934). Writer.
1885 - Billie Burke was born (d. 1970). Actress.
1890 - Gurley Flynn was born. Politician.
1890 - Carlos E. Pellegrini accede a la Presidencia de Argentina, tras la renuncia de Miguel Juárez Celman.
1895 - Ed Gil was born (d. 1995). Former baseball player.
1898 - Manuel Antonio Sanclemente assume a presidência da Colômbia
1903 - Louis Leakey was born (d. 1972). Anthropologist.
1904 - Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit (d. 1971). U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit. He was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the 1948 Arab-Israeli truce
1904 - Hanna Melzer was born (d. 1960). Anti-Nazi.
1912 - François-Alphonse Forel dies (b. 1841). Swiss hydrologist.
1904 - Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit (d. 1971). U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit. He was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the 1948 Arab-Israeli truce
1904 - Hanna Melzer was born (d. 1960). Anti-Nazi.
1912 - François-Alphonse Forel dies (b. 1841). Swiss hydrologist.
1914 - José Vicente Concha Ferreira assume a presidência da Colômbia
1916 - O Parlamento português aceita a participação de Portugal na Primeira Guerra Mundial de acordo com o convite formal do governo britânico de 15 de Junho
1926 - Stan Freberg was born. American voice comedian.
1916 - O Parlamento português aceita a participação de Portugal na Primeira Guerra Mundial de acordo com o convite formal do governo britânico de 15 de Junho
1926 - Stan Freberg was born. American voice comedian.
1926 - Miguel Abadía Méndez assume a presidência da Colômbia
1927 - Carl Alfalfa Switzer was born (d. 1959). Actor.
1927 - Peace Bridge opens, between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1928 - James Randi was born. Magician.
1927 - Carl Alfalfa Switzer was born (d. 1959). Actor.
1927 - Peace Bridge opens, between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1928 - James Randi was born. Magician.
1929 - Don Larsen was born. Baseball player.
1931 - Bix Beiderbecke dies (b. 1903). Musician.
1932 - Abebe Bikila was born (1973). Ethyop marathon runner. Gold medal in Olympic games 1960 and 1964
1932 - Juan Carlos Zabala gana la maratón en los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Angeles. Es la primera medalla de oro del deporte argentino.
1931 - Bix Beiderbecke dies (b. 1903). Musician.
1932 - Abebe Bikila was born (1973). Ethyop marathon runner. Gold medal in Olympic games 1960 and 1964
1932 - Juan Carlos Zabala gana la maratón en los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Angeles. Es la primera medalla de oro del deporte argentino.
1934 - Alfonso López Pumarejo assume a presidência da Colômbia
1936 - Se inaugura el Teatro Opera de Buenos Aires.
1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk was born
1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene was born. Prime Minister of Belgium
1941 - Rabindranath Tagore dies (b. 1861). Indian author. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
1942 - Garrison Keillor was born. American writer and radio host
1942 - B.J. Thomas was born. Singer
1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal begins - US Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
1936 - Se inaugura el Teatro Opera de Buenos Aires.
1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk was born
1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene was born. Prime Minister of Belgium
1941 - Rabindranath Tagore dies (b. 1861). Indian author. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
1942 - Garrison Keillor was born. American writer and radio host
1942 - B.J. Thomas was born. Singer
1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal begins - US Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
1942 - Caetano Veloso was born. Brazilian singer and composer.
1942 - Alfonso López Pumarejo assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da Colômbia
1943 - Dino Valente was born (d. 1994). American musician, Quicksilver Messenger Service
1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1945 - President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with a atomic bomb while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
1945 - Alan Page was born. American football player.
1943 - Dino Valente was born (d. 1994). American musician, Quicksilver Messenger Service
1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1945 - President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with a atomic bomb while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
1945 - Alan Page was born. American football player.
1945 - Alberto Lleras Camargo assume a presidência da Colômbia
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day 7 000 km (4,300 mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
1949 - Walid Jumblatt was born. Leader of the Lebanese Druze
1953 - Ohio admitted to the union, retroactive to 1803 (this is disputed by some).
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day 7 000 km (4,300 mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
1949 - Walid Jumblatt was born. Leader of the Lebanese Druze
1953 - Ohio admitted to the union, retroactive to 1803 (this is disputed by some).
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
1955 - Morte de Mariano Arista. Presidente do México (1851 - 1853)
1955 - Vladimir Sorokin was born. Russian writer
1957 - Oliver Hardy dies (b. 1892). Comedian, actor.
1958 - Bruce Dickinson was born. Singer.
1955 - Vladimir Sorokin was born. Russian writer
1957 - Oliver Hardy dies (b. 1892). Comedian, actor.
1958 - Bruce Dickinson was born. Singer.
1958 - Alberto Lleras Camargo assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da Colômbia
1959 - Explorer program: The United States launches Explorer 6 from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1960 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
1960 - David Duchovny was born. Actor.
1959 - Explorer program: The United States launches Explorer 6 from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1960 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
1960 - David Duchovny was born. Actor.
1962 - Guillermo León Valencia assume a presidência da Colômbia
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 - Singapore is expelled and separated from the Federation of Malaysia.
1966 - Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
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 - Singapore is expelled and separated from the Federation of Malaysia.
1966 - Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
1966 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo assume a presidência da Colômbia
1966 - Jimmy Wales was born. American founder of Wikipedia
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.
1969 - Kevin Cash was born. American baseball player
1970 - Harold Haley, Marin County Superior Court Judge taken hostage and murdered in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
1966 - Jimmy Wales was born. American founder of Wikipedia
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.
1969 - Kevin Cash was born. American baseball player
1970 - Harold Haley, Marin County Superior Court Judge taken hostage and murdered in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
1970 - Misael Pastrana Borrero assume a presidência da Colômbia
1970 - Harold Haley dies assassinated. Judge .
1973 - Danny Graves was born. American baseball player.
1970 - Harold Haley dies assassinated. Judge .
1973 - Danny Graves was born. American baseball player.
1974 - Alfonso López Michelsen assume a presidência da Colômbia
1975 - Charlize Theron was born. South African actress
1975 - Portugal - O documento Melo Antunes, apoiado pelo Grupo dos Nove, é divulgado.
1976 - Viking program: Viking 2 enters into orbit around Mars.
1975 - Charlize Theron was born. South African actress
1975 - Portugal - O documento Melo Antunes, apoiado pelo Grupo dos Nove, é divulgado.
1976 - Viking program: Viking 2 enters into orbit around Mars.
1978 - Julio César Turbay Ayala assume a presidência da Colômbia
1978 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
1978 - Golpe de Estado en Honduras: un triunvirato militar depone al jefe de Estado, Gral. Melgar.
1981 -The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1978 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
1978 - Golpe de Estado en Honduras: un triunvirato militar depone al jefe de Estado, Gral. Melgar.
1981 -The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1982 - Belisario Betancur Cuartas assume a presidência da Colômbia
1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1986 - Virgilio Barco Vargas assume a presidência da Colômbia
1987 - Sidney Crosby was born. Ice Hockey Player.
1988 - Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park
1989 - US Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX), and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by British reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90 i.e. 1234567890.
1987 - Sidney Crosby was born. Ice Hockey Player.
1988 - Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park
1989 - US Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX), and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by British reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90 i.e. 1234567890.
1994 - Ernesto Samper Pizano assume a presidência da Colômbia
1995 - Operation Storm is officialy declared over in Croatia, resulting in total Croat victory over rebel Serb forces.
1995 - Brigid Brophy dies (b. 1929). British author.
1997 - Fine Air Flight 101, a cargo flight from Miami to Santo Domingo crashes onto NW 72nd Ave near Miami International Airport, killing five people.
1995 - Operation Storm is officialy declared over in Croatia, resulting in total Croat victory over rebel Serb forces.
1995 - Brigid Brophy dies (b. 1929). British author.
1997 - Fine Air Flight 101, a cargo flight from Miami to Santo Domingo crashes onto NW 72nd Ave near Miami International Airport, killing five people.
1997 - O economista Celso Furtado é eleito para a Academia Brasileira de Letras
1998 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500.
1998 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500.
1998 - Andrés Pastrana Arango assume a presidência da Colômbia
1999 - Brion James dies (b. 1945). American actor.
1999 - Brion James dies (b. 1945). American actor.
2002 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez assume a presidência da Colômbia
2004 - Red Adair dies (b. 1915). American oil well firefighter.
2005 - Russian Priz class mini-submarine AS-28 and its seven crewmembers are rescued off the Pacific coast
Colombia - Battle of Boyacá
Côte d'Ivoire - Republic Day (Independence in 1960 from France)
Kiribati - Youth Day
Samoa - Labour Day
Friendship Day -2005
2004 - Red Adair dies (b. 1915). American oil well firefighter.
2005 - Russian Priz class mini-submarine AS-28 and its seven crewmembers are rescued off the Pacific coast
Colombia - Battle of Boyacá
Côte d'Ivoire - Republic Day (Independence in 1960 from France)
Kiribati - Youth Day
Samoa - Labour Day
Friendship Day -2005
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