August 7th
The August 7th is the 219e Jour of the Année (220e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.
Called the “day of universal knowledge” because of the pun August seven/all knows.
Events
1 to 1900
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626: Victoire of the Blachernes, Avars and Slaves raise the seat of Constantinople
- 936: Crowning of the king Othon I {{er}} of Germanic says Large the
- 1316: The Pape Jean XXII is elected with Avignon
- 1942: Unloading with Guadalcanal by the Americans
- 1944: Third visit of Winston Churchill on the face of Normandy
- 1947: Arrival of the raft Kon-tiki in French Polynesia after a tour of 6900 km
- 1960: Independence of the Ivory Coast
- 1964: The Congrès of the United States of America adopts the Résolution of the gulf of Tonkin making it possible to take the measurements considered to be necessary for rétorquer against any attack North-Vietnamese or to prevent those
- 1976: The space probe Viking 2 enters the orbit of the planet Mars
- 1990: The the United States launch the operation Bouclier of the desert in reaction to the invasion of the Kuwait by the Iraq. Troops, tanks and fighters are sent in Saudi Arabia
- 1998: Terrorist attacks against the embassies of the United States to the Kenya and in Tanzania, allotted to Bin Laden
Births
- 1783 : John Heathcoat, inventor of a machine to make lace
- 1862: Albert de Povourville, adventurous taoist
- 1871: Abanîndranâth Tagore, Indian writer († December 5th 1951)
- 1876: Subdued Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle), spy († 1917)
- 1884: Paul Frolich, militant German Luxembourgiste
- 1889: Leon Brillouin, Physicist free - American, known for its work in Mechanical quantum and Physics the solid state († 1969)
- 1895: Alain Saint-Ogan, author and Draftsman of Cartoon French († 1974)
- 1910: Lucien Herve, photographer French of Hungarian origin . († June 28th 2007).
- 1924 : Jean Dorst, French naturalist († August 8th 2001)
- 1928: James Randi, Canadian illusionist
- 1932: Abebe Bikila, athlete Ethiopia N, Olympic champion of the marathon to the Plays of Rome in 1960 and of Tokyo in 1964. († October 25th 1973).
- 1942 : Carlos Monzon, boxer
- 1949: Walid Joumblatt, Lebanese politician
- 1956: Kent V. Rominger, American astronaut
- 1957: Alexandre Ditiatine, gymnaste Soviet
- 1960: David Duchovny, American actor (X-Files)
- 1974: Dana Dawson, American singer
- 1975: Charlize Theron, South-African actress , in Benoni (South Africa)
- 1977: Laurent Artufel, actor and stimulating French TV
- 1979: Domy Fidanza, singer (Belgo-Italian)
- 1987: Sidney Crosby, player of Canadian Hockey
Death
- 117: Trajan, Roman Emperor (° probably September 18th 53)
- 1782: Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, German chemist (° 1709)
- 1812: François Michel Lecreulx, French architect (° January 1st 1729)
- 1834: Joseph-Marie Jacquard, inventor of the weaving loom mechanical
- 1884: Xavier Forneret French writer and poet. (° September 16th, 1809)
- 1893: Alfredo Catalani, Italian type-setter
- 1913: Samuel Cody, aviator
- 1941: Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel Prize of literature in 1913
- 1957: Oliver Hardy, American actor
- 1960: Andre Bloch, type-setter French (° January 14th 1873)
- 1973: Governed Blachère, French orientalist (° June 30th, 1900)
- 1982: Pierre July, French politician (September 9th 1906)
- 2002: Jean Sauvagnargues, French political personality
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Donat of Besancon (+ 660), bishop
- Gold of Scété (+ towards 390), monk
- Victrice of Rouen (+ 407), bishop
Orthodoxe saints of the day
- Job of Ouchelsk (+ 1628), monk.
See too
- August 7th in sport
- August 7th in the railroads
Beats-smg: Rogpjūtė 7 Be-X-old: 7 жніўня Fiu-vro: 7. põimukuu päiv Nds-nl: 7 augustus Simple: August 7 Zh-yue: 8 月 7 號
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