What happen in history on August 7?

Answer 1

On that date in 1945, at 0815h local time, the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

Answer 2

* 1679 - The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
* 1782 - George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
* 1789 - The United States War Department is established.
* 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
* 1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
* 1879 - The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
* 1927 - The Peace Bridge opens, between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
* 1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal begins - U.S. Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
* 1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
* 1945 - President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with an atomic bomb while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
* 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7000-km (4375-mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
* 1947 - The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
* 1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first Transistor radios in Japan.
* 1959 - Explorer program: The United States launches Explorer 6 from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
* 1960 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
* 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.
* 1965 - Singapore is expelled and separated from the Federation of Malaysia.
* 1966 - Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
* 1967 - Vietnam War: The People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
* 1970 - California Judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
* 1973 - NBC airs the final day of the Watergate hearings on U.S. daytime television.
* 1976 - Viking program: Viking 2 enters into orbit around Mars.
* 1978 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal.
* 1981 -The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
* 1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
* 1988 - Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park
* 1989 - U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
* 1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by British reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90 i.e. 1234567890.
* 1995 - Operation Storm is officially declared over in Croatia, resulting in total Croat victory over rebel Serb forces.
* 1997 - Fine Air Flight 101, a cargo flight from Miami to Santo Domingo crashes onto NW 72nd Ave near Miami International Airport, killing five people.
* 1998 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500.
* 1999 - A group of Indian army veterans launch the political party Rashtriya Raksha Dal.
* 2005 - Russian Priz class mini-submarine AS-28 and its seven crewmembers are rescued off the Pacific coast

Answer 3

The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

Answer 4

On my calender it says Civic Holiday.

Answer 5

My mum was in labour and gave birth to my brother on the 8th.....lol....honest !!

Answer 6

MARINES LAND ON GUADALCANAL in 1942

Answer 7

Birthdates Which Occur on August 7:
317 Flavius Julius Constantius II Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)
1598 Georg Stiernhielm "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)
1742 Nathanael Greene American Revoluntionary War General
1746 Daniel W Wyttenbach Dutch classical/historian
1751 Wilhelmina FS princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V
1779 Carl Ritter cofounder of modern science of geography
1783 John Heathcoat inventor (lace-making machinery)
1818 Henry Charles Litolff composer
1823 Faustina Hasse Hodges composer
1826 Carl AE Ahlqvist [A Oksanen], Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi)
1829 Thomas Ewing Jr Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1833 Powell Clayton Brig General (Union volunteers)/(Gov-R-Ark)
1836 Evander McIvor Law Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920
1867 Emil Nolde [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
1868 Granville Bantock English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)
1870 19 kittens born to Tarawood Antigone (4 still born)
and Jozef Brems Flemish apostole (vicar of Denmark)
1872 Andries C D de Graeff governor-general of Neth Indies (1926-31)
1876 Mata Hari [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)
1880 Ernst Laqueur chemist/pharmacology/psychology (sexual hormones)
1885 Billie Burke Washington DC, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz)
and Gordon Harker London England, actor (Facts of Love, Champagne)
1886 Louis Hazeltine inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible)
1887 Jan HA Eman Aruban politician
and Luckey Roberts composer
1896 Ernesto Lecuona Havana Cuba, composer (Malague¤a)
1897 Franz J Weinrich [Heinrich Lerse], German writer (Himmlisches)
1899 Ricci Riano England
19-- Carlos Vives Colombia, spanish singer (No Podras Escaparde Mi)
and Graham Winton actor (Caleb-As the World Turns)
and Shannon Cochran Greensboro NC, actress
1903 Louis Leakey anthropologist (1964 Richard Hooper Medal)
and Saburo Moroi composer
1904 Ralph J Bunche founder/diplomat (UN) (Nobel 1950)
1906 Gerhard Frommel composer
1907 Ben Carter NYC, actor (Dark Alibi, Dressed to Kill)
1911 R Nicholas Ray Galesville WI, director (Rebel Without a Cause)
1914 Ted Moore South Africa, cinematographer (James Bond)
1918 Cees Buddingh' Dutch poet/writer/interpreter
1920 Jan Walravens Flemish writer (Motionless at Sea)
1921 Karel Husa Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women)
1925 Felice Bryant Milwaukee, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
and Julian Orbon De Soto composer
1926 Amo Houghton (Rep-R-New York)
and Stan Freberg LA Calif, satirist/ad executive
1927 Carl Switzer IL, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang)
and Edwin W Edwards (Gov-La)
1928 Abebe Bikila Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
and Amazing [James] Randi Toronto Ontario, skeptic magician
and Herbert H Bateman (Rep-R-Virginia)
1929 Don Larsen pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect day
and Richard T Schulze (Rep-R-PA, 1975- )
and Ruth Carter-Stapleton Plains Ga, 1st sister/evangelist
1930 Velio Tormis composer
1932 Ann Harding US, actress (East is West, Janie)
and Maria M L "Maryke" Bakker Dutch actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown)
1933 Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle US, sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon)
1936 Charles Pope US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
and Rahsaan Kirk Roland rocker
and Richard L[ouis] Tierney US, sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr)
1938 Helen Caldicott Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist
1939 Verna Bloom Lynn MA, actress (After Hours, Badge 373)
1940 Marlyn Mason San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)
and Tom Barlow (Rep-D-Kentucky)
1941 Thomas F Hartnett (Rep-R-SC, 1981-86)
1942 Anjanette Comer Dawson Tx, actress (Baby, Lepke)
and B J Thomas Houston TX, singer (Raindrops, Growing Pains Theme)
and Garrison Keillor Minn, PBS radio personality (Prairie Home Companion)
and Masa Saito wrestler (AWA/WWF/NJPW/CWFI)
1943 Alain Corneau director (Choice of Arms)
and Lana Cantrell Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days)
1944 David Rasche St Louis MO, actor (Sledge Hammer)
and John Glover Kingston NY, actor (52 Pick-Up, Something Special)
1945 Alan Page NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings)
and Kerry Chater rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
and Patrice Mestral composer
1947 Mosibudi Mangena South African black leader (On Your Own)
1949 Carlo Novi rocker
1950 David James Wottle 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
and Rodney Crowell Houston TX, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin')
1951 Gary Hall swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1952 Andy Fraser rock bassist (Free London)
and Richard Joswick rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods)
1954 Caroline Aaron Richmond VA, actress (Crimes & Misdemeanors)
1956 Kent V Rominger Del Norte Colo, US Navy Lt Cmdr/astronaut (STS 73)
1957 Aleksandr Ditiatin USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1958 Alberto Salazar marathoner (NYC Marathon Winner)
and Bruce Dickinson heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills)
and Larisa Karlova USSR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1960 David Duchovny NYC, actor (X Files)
and Jacquie O'Sullivan rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
1961 Walter Swimburn Irish jockey (Derby 1981)
and Yelena Davydova USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 Marcus Lewis Pontiac Mich, singer (Sing me a Song)
and Patrick Kennedy son of President Kennedy, lives only 3 days
1965 Elizabeth Manley Canada, figure skater (Olympics-Silver-88)
1966 Kristin Hersch US singer/songwriter (Throwing Muses)
1967 Charlotte Lewis Kensington London, actress (Golden Child, Pirates)
1969 Dave Smits soccer player (Willem II)
and David Hollander LA Calif, actor (Lewis & Clark, What's Happenings?)
197- Josh A Andrew Koenig actor (*****-Growing Pains)
1971 Sydney Penny actress (Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children)
1975 Jimmy van Fessem soccer player (Willem II)
1994 ? son of Michele Pfeiffer
and Jack Antonio son of Virginia Madisen & Antonio Sabatto Jr
and Sara Grayson daughter of actress Katey Sagal
Deaths Which Occured August 7:
1033 Frederik II duke of Upper-Lutherans
1106 Henry IV Roman catholics-German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies
1547 Cajetanus van Thiene Italian saint, dies
1609 Eustache du Caurroy composer, dies at 60
1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Vneneti‰), dies
1657 Robert Blake English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57
1712 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow composer, dies at 48
1786 Friedrich Schwindl composer, dies at 49
1798 Johann Gottlieb Sollner composer, dies at 65
1799 John Bacon English sculptor, dies at 58
1816 Dionysius G Van de Keessel lawyer (Theses selectae), dies
1846 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer, dies at 76
1848 Freiherr J”ns J Berzelius Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies
1867 Ira F Aldridge US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies at 63 in Lodes Poland
1885 Antony EJ Modderman minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46
1893 Alfredo Catalani composer, dies at 39
1913 David Popper composer, dies at 70
1914 Boleslaw Dembinski composer, dies at 81
1916 Charles E Manning Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36
1921 Alexander A Block Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40
1923 Henry Pierson theology/theory (HS Foundation), dies
1924 Camille Zeckwer composer, dies at 49
1928 Alphonse MAJ Ari‰ns pastor (founder 1st RC workers group), dies
1931 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
1938 Konstantin S Stanislavski [Aleksejev], Russ actor/director, dies
1941 Radindranath Tagore Indies philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80
1942 Richard Gott Brit gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43
1943 Gustav Schmidt German lt-general, dies in battle
1957 Oliver Hardy comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65
1959 Armas Emmanuel Launis composer, dies at 75
1960 Vaino Hannikainen composer, dies at 60
1962 Morris Louis US painter (post abstraction), dies at 49
1967 Max Branch music/radio commentator, dies at 75
1969 Joseph Kosma composer, dies at 63
Russ Morgan orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65
1970 ... Haley US judge, shot dead
James McClain US black activist, shot dead
Jonathan P Jackson US black activist, shot dead
William Christmas US black activist, shot dead
1972 Joi Lansing actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer
1976 Cecil Weston actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
Murvyn Vye actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63
1978 Franz Alphons Wolpert composer, dies at 60
1984 Esther Phillips US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48
1985 Grayson Hall actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58
1987 Camille Chamoun president of Lebanon, dies at 87
Nobusuke Kishi premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90
1990 Eva Sully Block actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
1991 Billy James comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies
Shotzie Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9
1992 Francisco Fernandez Ordo¤ez Brit foreign min to Spain (1985-92), dies
John Anderson actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69
Titti Sotto Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies
1993 Kelly Ahrendt 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14
Roy Budd English jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46
1994 Robert Hutton [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74
Holidays Which Occur August 7:
Colombia Battle of Boyac (1819)
Ivory Coast/C“te d'Ivoire Independence Day (1960)
Trinidad & Tobago Discovery Day (1498)
Religious Observances on August 7:
Ang, Episcopal Feast of Holy Name of Jesus
RC Afra, martyr to Augsburg
RC Donatus/Donatien, bishop of Arezzo/Besan‡on
RC St Cajetanus, patron of Bavaria
258 RC Memorial of Sixtus II, pope, & his companions, martyrs (opt)
1547 RC, Ang Memorial of St Cajetan, confessor (opt)
1866 Ang Commemoration of John Mason Neale, priest
Things to Remember for August 7:
FLOWERS-gladiolus & poppy GEMS-sardonyx & peridot
Sandwich-National Catfish-Month
1 ?? [Hawaii] Aukake
8 Days Dog Days
15 Days ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
Highlights in History Which Occur August 7:
626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated
768 Stephen III [IV] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
1409 Council of Pisa closes
1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI
1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean
1573 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died
1588 -8] English assault on Spanish Armada
1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
Battle at Ponts-the-C‚, Poitou: French king Louis XIII beats his
and mother Marie de Medici
1710 Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
1750 Slave uprising in Cura‡ao
1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
1789 US War Department forms
1802 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
1814 Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits
1819 Battle of Boyac ; Bol¡var defeats Spanish in Colombia
1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV
1875 Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #148 Gallia
1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #201 Penelope
1882 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded or die
1884 Germany annexes Angra Pequena (Southwest-Africa)
1885 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar
1888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Phila patents revolving door
1893 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes
1900 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
1912 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for pres
1914 British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece
and French govt awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
and French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas
and German army occupies city Luik
and Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you"
1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die
and G Neujmin discovers asteroid #916 America
1921 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champ sprinter
1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied
1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
and US rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3
1929 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms govt
and Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1930 2 black guys lynched in Marion Indiana
and Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
1934 US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down govt's
attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1935 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
1938 2 die in a NYC subway accident
and Nazi's close theologic faculty university in Innsbruck
1940 Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile
and Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1› 1856 British Guiana)
1941 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania
1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
and Attack on Rotterdam railway
and Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 Red Army recaptures Bogodukov
1944 Anton de Kom arrested by Sicherheitsdienst
and Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation
and German counter attack at Avranches fails
and July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin
and US troops reach suburbs of Brest Bretagne
1946 1st coin bearing portrait of ***** authorized
1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
1948 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
and Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6)
1951 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
and US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate
1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
and KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins
1956 British govt routes 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
and Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
1957 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
1960 Ivory Coast (C“te d'Ivoire) gains independence from France
and Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches
1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
and Soviet premier Khrushchev predicts USSR economics will past US
1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 Jac Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland
1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
and US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
1966 Race riot in Lansing Michigan
1970 1st computer chess tournament
and WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San
and Rafael, Calif (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn
1974 Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers
1976 US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
Scientists in Pasadena, Calif, announce Viking I found strongest
and indications to date of possible life on Mars
1978 Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
1981 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3727
1983 1st World Track & Field Championships
and Bobby Murcer day at Yankee Stadium
and Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin)
and Hall Sutton wins PGA golf tournament
and Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T
1984 David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," premieres in NYC
and Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
and Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
and Baseball players end a 2 day strike
1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe begin
cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
1987 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala
and Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39øF (4øC) Bering Sea
1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike
1990 Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats &
and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret US documents
and Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
and US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds
1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play
and Tampa Bay group purchases SF Giants
1993 Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed
1994 1st telephone link between Israel & Jordan
and Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia