August 7th, 1667

Born on August 7th, 1667

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

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

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

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

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

41

Mata Hari

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

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

76

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

28

Catalina Denis

Colombian actor and model

*August 7th, 1995, Colombia

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Born in 1667

77

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

*November 30th, 1667, Dublin †October 19th, 1745, Dublin

80

Johann Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

*July 27th, 1667, Basel †January 1st, 1748, Basel

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

*October 28th, 1667, Benrath Palace †July 16th, 1740, Guadalajara

87

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

*May 26th, 1667, Vitry-le-François †November 27th, 1754, London

80

Hieronymus von Erlach

Swiss politician (1667-1748)

*March 31st, 1667, Bern †February 28th, 1748, Bern

71

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave (1667-1739)

*December 15th, 1667, Gotha †September 12th, 1739, Einhausen

75

Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal

British duchess

*December 25th, 1667, Emden †May 10th, 1743, London

51

Christoph Ludwig Agricola

German landscape painter (1667-1719)

*November 5th, 1667, Regensburg †August 8th, 1719, Regensburg

50

Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*October 25th, 1667, Rudolstadt †June 24th, 1718, Rudolstadt

40

Hieronymus Dathe

German author and theologian

*February 4th, 1667, Hamburg †June 14th, 1707, Annaberg-Buchholz

72

Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal

*July 2nd, 1667, Venice †February 29th, 1740, Rome

33

Asano Naganori

Daimyō of the Akō Domain; immortalized in Chūshingura

*September 28th, 1667, Edo †April 21st, 1701, Shiba

66

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian mathematician

*August 31st, 1667, Sanremo †October 25th, 1733, Milan

59

Zacharias von Wolf

German officer and engineer

*February 7th, 1667, Bremen †April 5th, 1726, Kiel

16

Louis, Count of Vermandois

French nobleman, legitimate son of Louis XIV, admiral of France

*October 2nd, 1667, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †November 18th, 1683, Flanders

69

Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein

Countess of Wolfstein by birth, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage (1667-1737)

*October 24th, 1667, Mühlhausen †August 23rd, 1737, Fredensborg Palace

75

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Wife of Johann Wilhelm Palatine Elector (1667-1743)

*August 11th, 1667, Florence †February 18th, 1743, Florence

54

Jacques-Ignace Parrocel

French painter born in Avignon (1667-1722)

*June 27th, 1667, Avignon †January 1st, 1722, Mons

79

Carlo Maria Marini

Italian cardinal

*March 13th, 1667, Genoa †January 16th, 1747, Genoa

55

Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

English heiress (1667-1722)

*January 26th, 1667, Petworth House †November 24th, 1722, Northumberland House

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1667 is a normal year and no leap year.

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