August 7th, 1959

Born on August 7th, 1959

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What happened on August 7th, 1959?

August 7th, 1959

Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_Program

What else 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.

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

Born on August 7th, 1959

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

64

Mike Hughes

Canadian rower

*August 7th, 1959, St. Catharines

64

Koenraad Elst

Belgian author

*August 7th, 1959, Leuven

64

Menashe Noy

Israeli actor

*August 7th, 1959, Tel Aviv

64

Cassian Elwes

British film producer and talent agent

*August 7th, 1959, London

64

Edward Simoni

Polish musician and composer

*August 7th, 1959, Bytom

64

Uwe Schrader

German politician

*August 7th, 1959, Oschersleben

64

Stephen Chow

Hong Kong Roman Catholic Bishop

*August 7th, 1959, Hong Kong

64

Ali Shah

Zimbabwean cricketer

*August 7th, 1959, Harare

64

Pascal Boucherit

Canoe racer

*August 7th, 1959, Angers

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

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

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

65

Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

*August 7th, 1958, Worksop

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

48

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

65

Shannon Cochran

American actress

*August 7th, 1958, Greensboro

76

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

54

Günter Krings

German politician

*August 7th, 1969, Rheydt

62

Gesine Lötzsch

German politician

*August 7th, 1961, Lichtenberg

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

63

Rosana Pastor

Spanish actress

*August 7th, 1960, Valencia

61

Adriano Baffi

Italian cyclist

*August 7th, 1962, Vailate

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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