Historical Events In August - 07

1960  Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 07 vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60   

1961  Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 on August - 07.   

1961  On this day in history cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2   

1962  On August - 07 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1962  Morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 on August - 07.   

1967  On August - 07 max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75   

1969  Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 on August - 07.   

1970  On August - 07 4 killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif   

1970  First computer chess tournament on August - 07.   

1970  On this day in history ... Haley, US judge, shot dead   

1971  Apollo 15 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1972  Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer on August - 07.   

1973  Jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies on this day in history.   

1974  Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center on August - 07.   

1975  On August - 07 typhoon Nina in China killing 229,000 people   

1975  Typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure in China killing 229,000 people on August - 07.   

1976  Scientists in Pasadena, Calif, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars on August - 07.   

1976  On August - 07 uS Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth   

1976  On this day in history cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86   

1978  Thousands of mourners file past the body of Pope Paul VI on August - 07.   

1978  On this day in history franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60   

1979  On August - 07 the first day of trading in British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC) shares, everyone in the province got 5 shares from the government   

1983  675,000 employees strike AT&T on this day in history.   

1983  First World Track & Field Championships on this day in history.   

1984  Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 on August - 07.   

1985  On August - 07 grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58   

1987  5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala on August - 07.   

1987  On August - 07 lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39o F (4o C) Bering Sea   

1987  Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 on August - 07.   

1988  On August - 07 writers guild end their 6 months strike   

1989  Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), & 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1990  Saudi Arabia allows US troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion on this day in history.   

1990  Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 on this day in history.   

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1282  On August - 07 birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

1533  On this day in history birth of alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)   

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  On this day in history birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.   

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On August - 07 death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.   

1485  On this day in history death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on August - 07.