August 7th, 2024

Born on August 7th, 2024

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

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 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 (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.

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

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

58

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

25

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

64

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

27

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

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

49

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

27

Kyler Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

32

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

38

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

29

Catalina Denis

Colombian actor and model

*August 7th, 1995, Colombia

32

Adam Yates

British racing cyclist (borm 1992)

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

82

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

67

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

65

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

80

John

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

41

Leandro Guilheiro

Brazilian judoka

*August 7th, 1983, Suzano

31

Francesca Eastwood

American actress

*August 7th, 1993, Redding

28

Låpsley

British singer-songwriter

*August 7th, 1996, Southport

58

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

48

Pancho Moler

Actor

*August 7th, 1976, Santiago

77

Sofia Rotaru

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

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

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

55

Günter Krings

German politician

*August 7th, 1969, Rheydt

62

Adriano Baffi

Italian cyclist

*August 7th, 1962, Vailate

50

Michael Shannon

American actor

*August 7th, 1974, Lexington

66

Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

*August 7th, 1958, Worksop

42

Abbie Cornish

Australian actress (1982-)

*August 7th, 1982, Lochinvar

44

Seiichiro Maki

Japanese association football player

*August 7th, 1980, Uki

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

37

Ryan Lavarnway

American baseball player

*August 7th, 1987, Burbank

37

Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim

German chemist, science journalist and television presenter

*August 7th, 1987, Heppenheim

56

Martin Max

German footballer

*August 7th, 1968, Tarnowskie Góry

78

Franco Columbu

Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019)

*August 7th, 1941, Ollolai †August 30th, 2019, Olbia

34

Hermann Pernsteiner

Austrian cyclist

*August 7th, 1990, Oberwart

76

James P. Allison

American immunologist and Nobel laureate

*August 7th, 1948, Alice

82

Grandon Rhodes

American actor (1904-1987)

*August 7th, 1904, Jersey City †June 9th, 1987, Encino

41

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

80

David Rasche

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Belleville

44

Christian Schreiber

German rower

*August 7th, 1980, Weißenfels

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Yes: 2024 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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