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)
1679
The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1794
U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
1890
Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
1909
Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
1927
The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1947
The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
1955
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
1960
Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
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.
1989
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
Who were born on August 7?
1868
Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
1877
Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
1940
Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian politician
1960
Jacquie O'Sullivan, British singer (Bananarama)
1962
Alain Robert,French urban climber
1974
Sek Loso, Thai Singer
1975
Koray Candemir, Turkish singer
1982
Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
1983
Tina O'Brien, British actress
1986
Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
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