August 7th, 1145

Born on August 7th, 1145

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

August 7th, 1679

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

August 7th, 1461

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 7th?

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

48

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

26

Kyler Skibidi Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

*August 7th, 1933, Los Angeles †June 12th, 2012, Bloomington

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

31

Adam Yates

British racing cyclist (borm 1992)

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

28

Catalina Denis

Colombian actor and model

*August 7th, 1995, Colombia

76

Sofia Rotaru

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

41

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

47

Pancho Moler

Actor

*August 7th, 1976, Santiago

54

Günter Krings

German politician

*August 7th, 1969, Rheydt

30

Francesca Eastwood

American actress

*August 7th, 1993, Redding

18

Jean-Claude Touche

French composer

*August 7th, 1926, Paris †August 29th, 1944, Paris

65

Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

*August 7th, 1958, Worksop

41

Abbie Cornish

Australian actress (1982-)

*August 7th, 1982, Lochinvar

82

Grandon Rhodes

American actor (1904-1987)

*August 7th, 1904, Jersey City †June 9th, 1987, Encino

27

Låpsley

British singer-songwriter

*August 7th, 1996, Southport

49

Michael Shannon

American actor

*August 7th, 1974, Lexington

78

Franco Columbu

Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019)

*August 7th, 1941, Ollolai †August 30th, 2019, Olbia

88

Arrigo Petacco

Italian historian and journalist

*August 7th, 1929, Castelnuovo Magra †April 3rd, 2018, Porto Venere

79

David Rasche

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Belleville

75

James P. Allison

American immunologist and Nobel laureate

*August 7th, 1948, Alice

92

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

*August 7th, 1928, Toronto †October 20th, 2020, Plantation

81

Caetano Veloso

Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist

*August 7th, 1942, Santo Amaro

55

Martin Max

German footballer

*August 7th, 1968, Tarnowskie Góry

79

Ann Harding

American actress (1902–1981)

*August 7th, 1902, Fort Sam Houston †September 1st, 1981, Sherman Oaks

67

Nicholas Ray

American film director (1911-1979)

*August 7th, 1911, La Crosse †June 16th, 1979, New York City

41

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion

*August 7th, 1932, Shewa †October 25th, 1973, Addis Ababa

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1145 is a normal year and no leap year.

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