August 7th, 1937

Born on August 7th, 1937

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, 1937

75

Magic Slim

American blues musician

*August 7th, 1937, Yalobusha County †February 21st, 2013, Philadelphia

74

Don Wilson

English cricketer and coach (1937-2012)

*August 7th, 1937, Settle †July 21st, 2012, York

73

Zoltán Berczik

Hungarian table tennis player (1937-2011)

*August 7th, 1937, Novi Sad †January 11th, 2011, Budapest

83

Folker Bohnet

German actor (1937-2020)

*August 7th, 1937, Berlin †October 6th, 2020, Hamburg

81

Merwin Goldsmith

American television actor and film actor (1937-2019)

*August 7th, 1937, Detroit †January 21st, 2019, New York City

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

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

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

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

78

Franco Columbu

Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019)

*August 7th, 1941, Ollolai †August 30th, 2019, San Teodoro

76

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

48

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

73

Jean-Luc Dehaene

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999

*August 7th, 1940, Montpellier †May 15th, 2014, Quimper

81

Caetano Veloso

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

*August 7th, 1942, Santo Amaro

79

David Rasche

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Belleville

41

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion

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

88

Arrigo Petacco

Italian historian and journalist

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

63

Rien Poortvliet

Dutch painter, best known for his drawings of animals and "Gnomes" (1932-1995)

*August 7th, 1932, Schiedam †September 15th, 1995, Soest

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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