August 7th, 1760

Born on August 7th, 1760

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

Born on August 7th, 1760

51

Anna Maria Zwanziger

German serial killer (1760-1811)

*August 7th, 1760, Nuremberg †September 17th, 1811, Nuremberg

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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

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

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

40

Lucile de Chateaubriand

French writer

*August 7th, 1764, Saint-Malo †November 10th, 1804, Paris

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

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

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

41

Mata Hari

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

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

26

Kyler Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

76

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

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Born in 1760

88

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760-1849)

*October 31st, 1760, Honjo †May 10th, 1849, Asakusa

63

Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien

Prussian general

*September 15th, 1760, Potsdam †February 20th, 1824, Berlin

36

François-Noël Babeuf

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

*November 23rd, 1760, Saint-Quentin †May 27th, 1797, Vendôme

64

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)

*October 17th, 1760, Paris †May 19th, 1825, Paris

68

Leo XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829

*August 2nd, 1760, Genga †February 10th, 1829, Rome

34

Alexandre de Beauharnais

French general; president of the National Constituent Assembly in 1791

*May 28th, 1760, Fort-de-France †July 23rd, 1794, Paris

71

Richard Allen

Minister, educator, writer (1760-1831)

*February 14th, 1760, Philadelphia †March 26th, 1831, Philadelphia

62

Michael Leib

American politician (1760-1822)

*January 8th, 1760, Philadelphia †December 8th, 1822, Philadelphia

42

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

German composer

*January 10th, 1760, Lauda-Königshofen †January 27th, 1802, Stuttgart

85

David Heinrich Hoppe

German botanist (1760-1846)

*December 15th, 1760, Bruchhausen-Vilsen †August 1st, 1846, Regensburg

61

Jonas Rein

Norwegian priest, writer and politician (1760-1821)

*January 30th, 1760, Sunndal Municipality †November 21st, 1821, Bergen

69

William Payne

English painter and etcher (1760-1830)

*March 4th, 1760, London †January 1st, 1830, London

80

Anton Hasenhut

Austrian actor

*June 1st, 1760, Novi Sad †February 6th, 1841, Vienna

73

Oliver Wolcott

United States federal judge; second U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1760-1833)

*January 11th, 1760, Litchfield †June 1st, 1833, New York City

78

Tomaž Dolinar

(1760-1839)

*December 12th, 1760, Dorfarje †February 15th, 1839, Vienna

78

Francisco Javier Venegas

Spanish noble and general

*January 1st, 1760, Zafra †January 1st, 1838, Madrid

58

Joseph Ludwig Colmar

German bishop (1760-1818)

*June 22nd, 1760, Strasbourg †December 15th, 1818, Mainz

76

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

French army officer (1760-1836)

*May 10th, 1760, Lons-le-Saunier †June 26th, 1836, Choisy-le-Roi

86

Thomas Clarkson

English abolitionist (1760-1846)

*March 28th, 1760, Wisbech †September 26th, 1846, Playford Hall

82

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

British politician (1760-1842)

*June 20th, 1760, Meath †September 26th, 1842, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Public holidays on August 7th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1760 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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