August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. There are 94 days in North Hemisphere summer, South Hemisphere winter. The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through the summer on this day.
Births
* 1400 - Guillaume Dufay, French composer (d. 1474)
* 1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)
* 1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
* 1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
* 1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
* 1726 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
* 1742 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)
* 1779 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
* 1779 - Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
* 1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 191)
* 1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
* 1867 - Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
* 1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
* 1877 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
* 1885 - Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)
* 1904 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1971)
* 1925 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
* 1925 - Felice Bryant, American country songwriter and singer (d. 2003)
* 1926 - Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
* 1928 - James Randi, Canadian magician
* 1929 - Don Larsen, baseball player
* 1932 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopan athlete
* 1932 - Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr., African American opthalmologist
* 1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist
* 1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium
* 1942 - Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host
* 1942 - B.J. Thomas, American singer
* 1943 - Dino Valente, American musician Quicksilver Messenger Service (d. 1994)
* 1944 - David Rasche, American actor
* 1945 - Alan Page, American football player
* 1948 - Greg Chappell, Australian test cricket player, captain and coach
* 1949 - Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze
* 1952 - Alexei Sayle, British 'alternate' comedian
* 1954 - Jonathan Pollard, Israely spier
* 1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
* 1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
* 1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
* 1960 - David Duchovny, American actor
* 1961 - Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast
* 1963 - Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor
* 1964 - Michael Weishan, American TV host, author
* 1966 - Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia
* 1973 - Danny Graves, American baseball player
* 1975 - Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player
* 1975 - David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist
* 1975 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
* 1978 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
* 1980 - Aurélie Claudel, French supermodel
* 1982 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
* 1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
2006-08-18 19:57:19
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My dads b-day is 8-7, He's a hard worker & player. He was semi- on his own at the age of 15, been working in construction - he has lots of toys, motorhome, boat, 4 wheelers, convertable, motorcycle, --very active.
I also have a cousin whose B-day is 8-7, she's just very odd
2006-08-19 02:49:01
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answered by tinybell 2
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