Page 6: Historical Events In August - 07

1960  Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) gains independence from France   

1960  Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60   

1961  russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2.   

1961  Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2   

1962  uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1962  morris Louis, US painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49.   

1967  Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75   

1969  joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63.   

1970  4 killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif   

1970  inaugural computer chess tournament   

1970  ... Haley, US judge, shot dead.   

1971  Apollo 15 returns to Earth   

1972  Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer   

1973  jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of quickest ton Australia 1921), dies.   

1974  philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.   

1975  Typhoon Nina in China killing 229000 people   

1975  typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure in China killing 229000 people.   

1976  Scientists in Pasadena, Calif, announce Viking I are discovered strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars   

1976  US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth   

1976  Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86   

1978  Thousands of mourners file past the body of Pope Paul VI   

1978  franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60.   

1979  the inaugural day of trading in British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC) shares, everyone in the province got 5 shares from the government.   

1983  675000 employees strike AT and T.   

1983  inaugural World Track and Field Championships.   

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  5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala   

1987  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.   

1988  Writers guild end their 6 months strike   

1989  Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia   

1990  saudi Arabia allows US troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion.   

1990  Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88   

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

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

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

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on August - 07.   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on this day in history.   

0461  On this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  On August - 07 death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  On August - 07 henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54   

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.   

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.   

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

1613  On this day in history death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)