August 7th, 1972

Born on August 7th, 1972

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, 1972

51

Xeno Müller

Swiss rower

*August 7th, 1972, Zürich

51

Goran Vlaović

Croatian footballer

*August 7th, 1972, Nova Gradiška

51

Sorin Anca

Romanian author

*August 7th, 1972, Alba Iulia

51

Piotr Przybecki

Polish sportsperson and handball player

*August 7th, 1972, Opole

51

Nobuhito Toriizuka

Japanese association football player

*August 7th, 1972, Maebashi

51

Daniel Salaverry

Peruvian politician

*August 7th, 1972, Trujillo

51

Andrea de Rossi

Italian rugby union footballer and coach

*August 7th, 1972, Genoa

51

Gerry Peñalosa

Filipino boxer

*August 7th, 1972, San Carlos

51

Sarah Cawood

British television presenter

*August 7th, 1972, London

51

Greg Serano

American actor

*August 7th, 1972, Brooklyn

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

48

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

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

49

Michael Shannon

American actor

*August 7th, 1974, Lexington

54

Günter Krings

German politician

*August 7th, 1969, Rheydt

50

Bo Hanson

Australian rower

*August 7th, 1973, Port Kembla

47

Pancho Moler

Actor

*August 7th, 1976, Santiago

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

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

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

55

Martin Max

German footballer

*August 7th, 1968, Tarnowskie Góry

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

26

Kyler Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Born on August 7th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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