07 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 07, the day number in a year is 219 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 220. August 07 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 07 in History - Top Historical Events
Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
1304 | Italian poet and writer Francisco Petark was born. He gained much fame from the lions of the plain words. |
1461 | Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor. |
1576 | The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven. |
1606 | Shakespeare's play Macbeth was staged for King James I for the first time. |
1668 | Renowned Newton earned a master's degree from Trinity College Cambridge. |
1679 | Le Griffon, a brigantine built by René-Robert de La Salle,became the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes. |
1710 | Godolphin Earl of Sydney resigned as the first Finance Minister. |
1782 | The Bronze Horseman, an equestrian statue of Peter the Greatthat serves as one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg, Russia, wasunveiled. |
1789 | Established the United States War Department. |
1814 | After his existence was approved in Russia, Pope Pius VII ordered the worldwide bullion solitecto trade to establish the Society of Isis (Jesuits). |
1888 | Philadelphia Theophilus built a revolving van door. |
1909 | Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City, Alice HuylerRamsey, with three friends, arrived in San Francisco to become the firstwoman to drive an automobile across the U.S. |
1933 | An estimated 3,000 Assyrians were slaughtered by Iraqi troopsduring the Simele massacre in the Dahuk and Mosul districts. |
1935 | Flying ants’ were swarming London, England, even interrupting a tennis tournament. A large amount of the harmful insects were invading pantries and gathering at every door. Authorities say that this was the most destructive attack of pestilence in 25 years. |
1936 | The Battle of Almendrelajo and the Battle of Siguenza began. |
1938 | The Holocaust-Prisoners from Dachau concentration camp weresent to begin construction of Mauthausen-Guse, oneof the largest labour camp complexes in German-occupied Europe. |
1938 | Prisoners from Dachau concentration camp were sent to beginconstruction of Mauthausen, which would later be part of one of thelargest labour camp complexes in German-occupied Europe. |
1941 | Nobel Laureate poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore died. He wrote the national anthem of India. |
1941 | Soviet Navy twin-engine bombers attacked Berlin. |
1942 | World War II-U.S. Marines initiated the first Americanoffensive of the Guadalcanal campaign with landings on Guadalcanal andTulagi in the Solomon Islands. |
1943 | The Second Battle of Smolensk began on the Eastern Front. |
1944 | IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator toHarvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I. |
1944 | The first electronic calculator, 51 feet in length, 8 feet in height and weighing five tons, was built. |
1946 | Britain approved for the first time a picture of a black on the coin. |
1959 | Explorer 6 was sent into orbit expected to capture The First satellite photographs of earth by an unmanned US spacecraft. Later in September, NASA released the Photograph to the world press. It was Mexico that Explore 6 captured, as it went westward over the earth at a speed of 20,000 miles an hour. |
1959 | Explorer 6 first broadcast a picture of Earth from space. |
1970 | Jonathan Jackson kidnapped California Superior Court judgeHarold Haley in an attempt to free Jackson's brother George from prison. |
1970 | The first computer chase tournament was held. |
1978 | Two years after the discovery of toxic waste that had beennegligently disposed of, U.S. President Jimmy Carter declared a federalhealth emergency in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, NewYork. |
1985 | In Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England, a local magistrate andhis family were murdered in what The Times described as 'a classicwhodunit'. |
1985 | Geet Sethi became the third Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards Championship. |
1991 | Former Prime Minister of Iran Shapore Bakhtiar was assassinated. |
1994 | The first telephone service between Israel and Jordan started. |
1995 | Interactive television is the fashionable technology of this year. It would let people order groceries, do banking, or get movies without having to leave their place. A few test sites have been developed, but interactive television is not expected to go public soon. |
1996 | The possibility of the existence of one-celled organisms on Mars was discovered by the remains of a meteorite that fell on Earth 13 thousand years ago by American scientists. |
1998 | The Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda is accused for the bombings of two United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where at least 200 people died and more than 5,000 injured. US President Bill Clinton has made a statement saying, 'We will use all the means at our disposal to bring those responsible to justice.” |
1998 | Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies inthe East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi,Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,500 others. |
1999 | The Chechnya-based Islamist militia group Islamic InternationalBrigade invaded the neighbouring Russian republic of Dagestan in supportof the Shura of Dagestan separatist movement. |
2006 | Thousands are moved away from the Mayon Volcano in the Bicol Region of the Philippines, as local volcanologists foresee an approaching eruption. |
2007 | The Pakistan Army attacks a militant base in the Degan area, near Miranshah, in North Waziristan. |
2008 | The National Olympic Committee officially declares Durban, South Africa as the host city of the 123rd IOC Session. |
2008 | Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against these paratist region of South Ossetia, opening the six-day Russo-Georgian War. |
2009 | Bombs are dropped on a mosque and pilgrims at Shreikhan village near Mosul, killing approximately 36 people of Iraq's largest Muslim community as it marks one of its largest feasts, gathering to celebrate the birth of Muhammad al-Mahdi. |
2011 | The longest guided busy way of the world till date, the Cambridge Busyway, finally opens after being postponed for years |
2012 | Three gunmen attacked and killed 19 people at a church in Oaken, Nigeria. |
2013 | A missile has been launched by the Syrian army on the southern Damascus region of Yarmouk, which is mainly occupied by Palestinian refugees. |
Famous Birthdays of August 07:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
1968 | Francesca Gregorini / Writer / United States of America |
1924 | Kenneth Kendall / Actor / United Kingdom |
1983 | Christian Chávez / Actor / Mexico |
1986 | Valter Birsa / Footballer / Slovenia |
1988 | Erik Pieters / Footballer / Netherlands |
1867 | Emil Nolde / Painter / Denmark |
1963 | Paul Dunn / Rugby Player / Australia |
1950 | S. Thandayuthapani / Politician / Sri Lanka |
1976 | Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos / Footballer / Greece |
1952 | Eamonn Darcy / Golfer / Ireland |
1598 | Georg Stiernhielm / Poet / Sweden |
1884 | Billie Burke / Actress / United States of America |
1980 | Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz / Footballer / Brazil |
1980 | Carsten Busch / Footballer / Germany |
1979 | Eric Johnson / Actor / United States of America |
1965 | Raul Malo / Writer / United States of America |
1952 | Kees Kist / Footballer / Netherlands |
1978 | Vanness Wu / Writer / United States of America |
1921 | Karel Husa / Composer / United States of America |
1930 | Togrul Narimanbekov / Painter / France |
1947 | Franciscus Henri / Writer / Australia |
1970 | Eric Namesnik / Swimmer / United States of America |
1975 | Charlize Theron / Actress / United States of America |
1918 | Gordon Zahn / Author / United States of America |
1978 | Mark McCammon / Footballer / United Kingdom |
1876 | Mata Hari / Dancer / Netherlands |
1983 | Murat Dalkılıç / Writer / Turkey |
1904 | Ralph Bunche / Scientist / United States of America |
1960 | Jacquie O'Sullivan / Writer / United Kingdom |
1982 | Ángeles Balbiani / Actress / Argentina |
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