Famous Events For August 7- Today In History

October 23rd, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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August 7: Today in History – Historical Events
Early Centuries – August 7 Historic Events – Before the 1700s
18th Century – What Happened on August 7 – The 1700s
19th Century – August 7 This Day That Year – The 1800s
20th Century – Important Events On This Day August 7 – The 1900
21st Century – August 7 This Day In History – The 2000s

August 7: Today in History – Historical Events

Early Centuries – August 7 Historic Events – Before the 1700s

1. 322 BC – After the death of Alexander the Great, war between Athens and Macedon started2. August 7,626 – Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot were defeated at the Battle of Constantinople3. August 7, 768 – Sovereignty of Stephen III(IV) as Catholic Pope began4. August 7,936 – Sovereignty of Otto I, the Great begins as King of Germany5. August 7, 1409 – Closing of Council of Pisa

6. August 7, 1461 – Army coup by General Cao Qin of the Ming Dynasty of China against Ruler Tianshun7. August 7, 1479 – Ruler Maximilian and King Louis XI fought at the Battle of Guinegate8. August 7, 1485 – Forces of Henry Tudor (to be Henry VII) arrived in Milford Haven, South Wales9. August 7, 1573 – After over a year of robing Spanish wealth, the defense forces of Francis Drake arrived in Plymouth10. August 7, 1575 – All the residents feared being killed after the Spanish army won Oudewater11. August 7, 1606 – Macbeth, Shakespeare’s tragedy was first played in the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace for King James I12. August 7, 1620 – Mother of Johannes Kepler detained for sorcery

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18th Century – What Happened on August 7 – The 1700s

13. August 7, 1710 – English minister for Finance, Sidney, 1st Earl of Godolphin quits14. August 7, 1714 – At the Great Northern War against Sweden, the Russians win was an important one, at the Battle of Gangut15. August 7, 1750 – Revolt against Curacao by the slaves16. August 7, 1760 – Cherokee Indians forced Ft Loudon, Tennessee to surrender17. August 7, 1782 – As commander of the Continental Army, George Washington establishes the Purple Heart Medal (Badge of Military Merit)18. August 7, 1789 – Establishment of the Department of War and Lighthouse Service by the US Congress

19th Century – August 7 This Day That Year – The 1800s

19. August 7, 1802 – Slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) reintroduced by an order of Napoleon20. August 7, 1814 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) re-established by Pope Pius VII21. August 7, 1819 – Spanish surrendered to Bolivar at the Battle of Boyaca in Colombia

22. August 7, 1820 – Potatoes were first sowed in Hawaii23. August 7, 1864 – War at Moorefield24. August 7, 1879 – Poor Man’s Palace opened in Manchester25. August 7, 1882 – 100 hurt or killed in a dispute between Hatfields of south WV and Mc Coys of east Ky26. August 7, 1884 – Angra Pequena (Southwest-Africa) seized by Germany27. August 7, 1885 – The Navy of Germany stationed off Zanzibar28. August 7, 1888 – Patent for rotating door taken by Theophilus Van Kannel29. August 7, 1893 – Convention of the 53rd Congress (1893-95)

20th Century – Important Events On This Day August 7 – The 1900

30. August 7, 1900 – Amsterdam diamond mine workers struck work31. August 7, 1904 – 96 persons lost their lives due to the derailment of a train on the bridge in Eden Colo during sudden floods32. August 7, 1907 – Win, 7-2 over Cleveland by Walter Johnson, 1st of his 416 wins33. August 7, 1908 – New Zealand’s North Island mainline traversed by train for the first time left Wellington34. August 7, 1909- 1st penny coin bearing Lincoln issued by US Mint35. August 7, 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt nominated for US Presidential by the Progressive party36. August 7, 1914 – Liege, Belgium seized by the German military37. August 7, 1915 – WWI – 232 Australians feared dead in an assault against Russell’s Top at Gallipolis, Turkey

38. August 7, 1921 – world champion title held by cyclist Piet Moeskops39. August 7, 1925 – Bifurcation of Mosoelgebied by Turk/Iraqi not favored by League of Nation40. August 7, 1927 – Horace Alderman, the rum smuggler of the US murders 341. August 7, 1929 – Dutch government inaugurated under Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck42. August 7, 1930. Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two black youths in Marion, Indiana were murdered by a large group estimated to be 2000 strong43. August 7, 1930 – Richard Bedford Bennett of the Conservative Party defeats the Canadian Prime Minster Mackenzie44. August 7, 1933 – Assyrians numbering over 3000 were massacred by the Government of Iraq in the village of Sumail. Assyrian Martyrs Day observed on this day45. August 7, 1934 – US government’s effort to ban the book by James Joyce – Ulysses – struck down by the lower court was defended by the US Court of Appeals

46. August 7,1935 – Nazism in Danzig (Gdansk) was consented to by the majority of the electorate (60%)47. August 7, 1938 – Baseball record created by Leo Durocher, by hitting the 2000th Dodger home run48. August 7, 1940 – French government by De Gaulle, in exile, was accepted by Churchill49. August 7,1941 – In the Kisgnev ghetto in Romania, Jews numbering about 551 were gunned50. August 7, 1942 – In WW II, Americans conducted their 1st attack, in the Pacific, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is51. August 7, 1943 – Bogodukov, taken back by Red Army52. August 7, 1944 – Suburbs of Brest, Brittany reached by US 3rd Defence53. August 7, 1944 – Response attack at Avranches, by Germany not successful54. August 7, 1944 – The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, best known as Harvard Mark I, by IBM earmarked

55. August 7, 1946 – In honor of Booker T Washington, African American, US mints its 1st half dollar coin56. August 7, 1947 – Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) officially taken over by Bombay Municipal Corporation57. August 7, 1948 – 11th Olympic Marathon (2:34:51.6) achieved by Delfo Cabrera58. August 7, 1949 – after 121 shows at Mark Hellinger Theatre NYC, All After Love ended59. August 7, 1950 – White players, Lord Chirban, Stan Mierko, and Frank Dyle, were blocked by police from playing in Negro League60. August 7, 1951- A speed of 1992 kph was achieved by space rocket Douglas D-558-II61. August 7, 1953 – Electra prop-jet propels Eastern Airlines and thus enters the jet age62. August 7, 1954 – The first US black to serve as UN delegate was Charles Mahoney63. August 7, 1955 – Israel started its Bar-Ilan University64. August 7, 1956- A fine of $5000 was imposed on Ted Williams by the Boston Red Sox, for spitting at fans of Boston65. August 7, 1957 – Carrier aircraft deployed to Egypt by the British government66. August 7, 1959 – 1st TV photo of Earth from space broadcasted by Explorer 6

67. August 7, 1959 – By circulation of the Lincoln Memorial model on US Penny, the earlier design, “The sheaves of wheat” considered as replaced68. August 7, 1960 – France grants freedom to Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)69. August 7, 1961 – Vostok 2 circles Earth for one full day with cosmonaut Gherman Titov in it70. August 7, 1962 – Atomic test conducted by USSR at Eastern Kazakh, USSR71. August 7, 1963 – 1st US First Lady to give birth was Jacqueline Kennedy, since Mrs. Cleveland72. August 7, 1964 – Greek Cypriots attacked by air by Turkey73. August 7, 1964 – Gulf of Tonkin declaration agreed to by US Congress74. August 7, 1965 – Parting agreement with Malaysia signed by Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore after 2 years of political merger75. August 7, 1966 – In Lansing Michigan, race unrest started76. August 7, 1970 – Chess tournament on the computer for the first time77. August 7, 1971 – Return of Apollo 15 to Earth78. August 7, 1972 – Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez, and Early Wynn inducted into the Hall of Fame79. August 7, 1974 – Tight rope wound between two twin towers negotiated by Philippe Petit80. August 7, 1976 – The possible existence of life on Mars located by Viking I was announced by scientists in Pasadena, California

81. August 7, 1977 – After 1050 presentations, “Shenandoah “ends at Alvin Theatre, NYC82. August 7, 1978 – Grievers in thousands paid homage to Pope Paul VI83. August 7, 1980 – Caribisch area hit by tempest Allen killing 70 persons84. August 7, 1981 – All functions of Washington Star come to an end after 128 years of publication85. August 7, 1983 – 1st All Woman Marathon (Helsinki, Finland) won by Grete Waitz of Norway86. August 7, 1984 – Gold medal in baseball won by Japan beating the US87. August 7, 1985 – Broadway Album recorded by Barbra Streisand88. August 7, 1986- Journey on cycle from Prudhoe Bay to Argentina began by Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel, and Anne Knabe to cover 15,266 miles, begins89. August 7, 1987 – 4.3 km from US to USSR through Bering Sea at temperature of 39F (4C) achieved by Lynne Cox90. August 7, 1988 – Planters Pat Bradley International Gold Tournament acquired by Martha Nause91. August 7, 1989 – 15 die along with US Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) perish in an air crash in Ethiopia92. August 7,1990 – Army sent to Saudi Arabia by US to start the Operation Deseret Shield93. August 7, 1991 – A record at 37.67 seconds was set by the US in the 400 m relay94. August 7, 1992 – SF Giants purchased by Tampa Bay group95. August 7, 1993 – hundreds lost their lives in Venezuela when hot storm Brett hit96. August 7, 1994 – Israel and Jordon established 1st telephone line97. August 7, 1994 – Swearing in of Ernesto Samper as Colombia’s president98. August 7, 1997 – Launching into orbit of STS 85 (Discovery 23)99. August 7, 1997 – Appointment of Ung Huot as 1st premier of Cambodia

21st Century – August 7 This Day In History – The 2000s

100. August 7, 2005 – 100m 10th World Championships in Athletics won by Justin Gatlin101. August 7, 2007 – Little Brown published “Eclipse” book by Stephanie Meyer. The primary print ran to 1 million prints102. August 7,2008 – The South Ossetia War was started by Georgia by starting a defence assault and capturing Tskhinvali, the capital of Ossetia, from the control of Russia103. August 7, 2010 – Pro Football Hall of Fame received by Jerry Rice

104. August 7, 2012 – gun attack in a church in Okeene, Nigeria killing 12 people105. August 7, 2012 – in expectation of Typhoon Haikui in Shanghai, nearly two hundred thousand residents were evacuated106. August 7, 2013 – Bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 11 people107. August 7, 2015 – Donald Trump, US Presidential hopeful in an interview with CNN spoke about news anchor Megyn Kelly

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