August 7th, 1966

Born on August 7th, 1966

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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, 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

57

Dieter Depping

German racing driver

*August 7th, 1966, Hanover

57

Shobna Gulati

British actress, writer and dancer

*August 7th, 1966, Oldham

57

Peter Gilles

German linguist

*August 7th, 1966, Wittlich

57

Kristin Hersh

American musician

*August 7th, 1966, Newport

57

Markus H. Eberhard

German actor and singer

*August 7th, 1966, Gräfelfing

57

Corbinian Böhm

German painter, installation artist and sculptor

*August 7th, 1966, Munich

44

David Cairns

Scottish Labour Party politician (1966-2011)

*August 7th, 1966, Greenock †May 9th, 2011, London

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

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

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

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

54

Günter Krings

German politician

*August 7th, 1969, Rheydt

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

55

Martin Max

German footballer

*August 7th, 1968, Tarnowskie Góry

59

John Birmingham

British-born Australian author

*August 7th, 1964, Liverpool

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

58

Raul Malo

American musician

*August 7th, 1965, Miami

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

47

Pancho Moler

Actor

*August 7th, 1976, Santiago

65

Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

*August 7th, 1958, Worksop

49

Michael Shannon

American actor

*August 7th, 1974, Lexington

37

Bahne Rabe

West German rower

*August 7th, 1963, Hamburg †August 5th, 2001, Kiel

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

57

Chan Oi Ni

Hong Kong badminton player

*May 5th, 1966, Hong Kong

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No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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