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, 2024 is the 220th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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
- 322 BC –Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon.
- 461 –Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer .
- 626 –The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
- 936 –Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
- 1461 –The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
- 1819 –Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
- 1909 –Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
- 1947 –The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
- 1959 –Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1970 –California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
Who were born on August 7?
- 1574 –Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
- 1927 –Art Houtteman, American baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1931 –Charles E. Rice, American legal scholar and author
- 1934 –Sándor Simó, Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1943 –Alain Corneau, French film director {d. 2010}
- 1958 –Russell Baze, Canadian-born American horse racing jockey
- 1960 –David Duchovny, American actor
- 1974 –Chico Benymon, American actor
- 1975 –Edgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player
- 1987 –Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
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