Historical events on August 7
AUGUST 7, 1985
Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.
The White House Farm murders took place near the village of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England, during the night of 6–7 August 1985.
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AUGUST 7, 1998
Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two
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AUGUST 7, 1946
The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.
The Turkish Straits are two internationally significant waterways in northwestern Turkey. The Straits create a series of international passages that connect the
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AUGUST 7, 1955
Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.
Hurricane Diane was the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than an estimated $1 billion in damage, including direct costs and the
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AUGUST 7, 1987
Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Lynne Cox is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker. She is best known for being the first person to
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AUGUST 7, 1944
IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I (pictured).
International Business Machines Corporation, nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over
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AUGUST 7, 1942
World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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AUGUST 7, 1744
Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.
Prussia was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of
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AUGUST 7, 1909
Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.
Alice Huyler Ramsey was an American who was the first woman to drive an automobile across the United States from coast to
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AUGUST 7, 1897
Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.
The Mahdist War was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese, led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of
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AUGUST 7, 1461
Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse
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AUGUST 7, 1970
Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.
Jonathan Peter Jackson was an American militant activist who died of gunshot wounds sustained during an armed invasion of the Marin County
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AUGUST 7, 1782
The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.
The Badge of Military Merit was an award for non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Continental Army. It is considered America's first
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AUGUST 7, 1914
The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.
The Battle of Mulhouse, also called the Battle of Alsace, began on 7 August 1914 and was the opening attack of the
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