August 7th, 1982

Born on August 7th, 1982

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1850

The first section of the Great Northern Railway, now the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, opened between London and Peterborough.

August 7th, 1744

Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

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 took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.

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 (pictured).

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.

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

Born on August 7th, 1982

43

Abbie Cornish

Australian actress (1982-)

*August 7th, 1982, Lochinvar

43

Agata Załęcka

Polish actress

*August 7th, 1982, Warsaw

43

Marco Melandri

Italian motorcycle racer

*August 7th, 1982, Ravenna

43

Yana Klochkova

Ukrainian swimmer

*August 7th, 1982, Simferopol

43

Ignacio Garmendia

Chilean actor

*August 7th, 1982, Santiago

43

Brit Marling

American actress, screenwriter and producer

*August 7th, 1982, Chicago

43

Bryan Lugo

American actor

*August 7th, 1982, The Bronx

43

Davood Ghadami

English actor (b. 1982)

*August 7th, 1982, Harlow

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Born in 1982

43

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

43

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

43

John Mulaney

American comedian and actor (born 1982)

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

43

Chien Yu-Chin

Badminton player

*October 24th, 1982, Kaohsiung

44

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress, born 1982

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

44

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

44

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen

Norwegian guitarist

*February 4th, 1982, Ålesund Municipality

44

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

43

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

43

Jussie Smollett

American actor

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

44

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

44

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

35

Anthony Delhalle

French motorcycle racer (1982–2017)

*January 11th, 1982, Chartres †March 9th, 2017, Circuit Paul Armagnac

43

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

44

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

44

Jessica Biel

American actress (born 1982)

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

43

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

44

Kirsten Dunst

American actress (born 1982)

*April 30th, 1982, Point Pleasant

43

Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian actress

*November 30th, 1982, Calgary

44

Natalie Dormer

English actress

*February 11th, 1982, Reading

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No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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