August 7th, 1875

Born on August 7th, 1875

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

Born on August 7th, 1875

63

Phillips Smalley

American actor and film director

*August 7th, 1875, Brooklyn †May 2nd, 1939, Hollywood

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Who's birthday is on August 7th?

41

Mata Hari

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

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

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

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

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

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

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

82

Grandon Rhodes

American actor (1904-1987)

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

88

Emil Nolde

German artist (1867-1956)

*August 7th, 1867, Burkal Parish †April 13th, 1956, Seebüll

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

76

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

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Born in 1875

101

Ole Mørk Sandvik

Norwegian musicologist and educator

*May 9th, 1875, Ringsaker Municipality †August 5th, 1976, Oslo

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich

90

Albert Schweitzer

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher

*January 14th, 1875, Gunsbach †September 4th, 1965, Lambaréné

65

Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.

(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive

*April 2nd, 1875, Wamego †August 18th, 1940, Kings Point

60

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American writer, activist (1875-1935)

*July 19th, 1875, New Orleans †September 18th, 1935, Philadelphia

85

Carl Jung

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)

*July 26th, 1875, Kesswil †June 6th, 1961, Küsnacht

69

Malin Craig

American politician (1875-1945)

*August 5th, 1875, St. Joseph †July 25th, 1945, Washington, D.C.

63

Friedrich Opel

German entrepreneur

*April 30th, 1875, Rüsselsheim am Main †August 30th, 1938, Vienna

85

Charles Bernard

Belgian journalist (1875-1961)

*December 28th, 1875, Antwerp †October 24th, 1961, Brussels metropolitan area

87

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

60

Pattie Ruffner Jacobs

American suffragist

*October 2nd, 1875, West Virginia †December 22nd, 1935

56

Edgar Wallace

British crime writer, journalist and playwright

*April 1st, 1875, Greenwich †February 10th, 1932, Beverly Hills

58

Albert I of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934

*April 8th, 1875, Palace of the Count of Flanders †February 17th, 1934, Marche-les-Dames

75

Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian-German automotive engineer, inventor and Nazi who founded the Porsche car company

*September 3rd, 1875, Vratislavice nad Nisou †January 30th, 1951, Stuttgart

51

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

*December 4th, 1875, Prague †December 29th, 1926, Montreux

74

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875-1950)

*September 1st, 1875, Chicago †March 19th, 1950, Encino

91

Paul Löbe

German politician (1875-1967)

*December 14th, 1875, Legnica †August 3rd, 1967, Bonn

72

Aleister Crowley

English poet, mountaineer, and occultist

*October 12th, 1875, Royal Leamington Spa †December 1st, 1947, Hastings

85

Maurice de Broglie

French physicist (1875-1960)

*April 27th, 1875, Paris †July 14th, 1960, Neuilly-sur-Seine

62

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875-1937)

*March 7th, 1875, Ciboure †December 28th, 1937, Paris

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Public holidays on August 7th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1875 is a normal year and no leap year.

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