Wednesday August 7, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 7: Day of the Week

August 7, 2024 is the 220th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 7: This Day in History

The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.

August 7 Historical Event(s)

322 BC
Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon.
626
The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
1427
The Visconti of Milan’s fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
1714
The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1791
United States troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
1819
Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1879
The opening of the Poor Man’s Palace in Manchester.
1959
The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.
1965
The infamous first party between Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey’s estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell’s Angels.
1998
The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.

Who were born on August 7?

1925
M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
1926
Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
1928
Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
1932
Edward Hardwicke, British actor (d. 2011)
1945
Alan Page, American football player and Minnesota Supreme Court justice
1958
Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
1978
Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
1980
Aurélie Claudel, French model
1987
Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
1993
Zaur Sizo, Russian footballer

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