Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 7
August 7, 2025 is the 219th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: August 7
The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.
Historical Events: August 7
- 626 –The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
- 936 –Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
- 1789 –The United States War Department is established.
- 1794 –U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Law of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
- 1819 –Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
- 1933 –The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
- 1964 –Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
- 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.
- 1985 –Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan’s first astronauts.
Who were born on August 7?
- 1779 –Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
- 1877 –Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
- 1907 –Albert Kotin, American abstract painter (d. 1980)
- 1926 –Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
- 1928 –James Randi, Canadian-American magician
- 1934 –Sándor Simó, Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1942 –Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer
- 1967 –Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
- 1971 –Sydney Penny, American actress
- 1972 –Greg Serano, American actor
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