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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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)

1427
The Visconti of Milan’s fleet is destroyed by the Venetians on the Po River.
1461
The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
1794
U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
1940
World War II: Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
1942
World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
1944
IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1959
Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1964
Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
1964
Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving US President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
1999
The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.

Who were born on August 7?

1879
Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (d. 1931)
1942
B.J. Thomas, American singer
1944
John Glover, American actor
1947
Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian entertainer
1976
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer
1976
Shane Lechler, American football player
1977
Charlotte Ronson, British fashion designer
1978
Mark McCammon, Barbadian football player
1986
Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
1988
Beanie Wells, American football player

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