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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 7 AOûT

Australian rules football

Année: 1858

The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.

Alice Huyler Ramsey

Année: 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, New York to San Francisco, California.

Simón Bolívar

Année: 1819

Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.

President of the United States

Année: 1794

U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Miami people

Année: 1791

American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.

British Grand Prix

Année: 1926

The first British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands.

Peace Bridge

Année: 1927

The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.

Soviet Union

Année: 1946

The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.

IBM

Année: 1944

IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).

World War II

Année: 1942

World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.

NAISSANCES DU 7 AOûT

Robert Mueller

Année de naissance: 1944

Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

John Glover (actor)

Année de naissance: 1944

John Glover, American actor

Mohammed Badie

Année de naissance: 1943

Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader

Lana Cantrell

Année de naissance: 1943

Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer

Alain Corneau

Année de naissance: 1943

Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (died 2010)

Alan Page

Année de naissance: 1945

Alan Page, American football player and jurist

Kenny Ireland

Année de naissance: 1945

Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (died 2014)

Walid Jumblatt

Année de naissance: 1949

Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese journalist and politician

Matthew Parris

Année de naissance: 1949

Matthew Parris, South African-English journalist and politician

Marty Appel

Année de naissance: 1948

Marty Appel, American businessman and author

DéCèS DU 7 AOûT

Ramon Vila Capdevila

Année de décès: 1963

Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (born 1908)

Giovanni Bracco

Année de décès: 1968

Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (born 1908)

Joseph Kosma

Année de décès: 1969

Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (born 1905)

Jonathan P. Jackson

Année de décès: 1970

Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard and kidnapper (born 1953)

Luis Ángel Firpo

Année de décès: 1960

Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (born 1894)

Oliver Hardy

Année de décès: 1957

Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (born 1892)

Konstantin Stanislavski

Année de décès: 1938

Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (born 1863)

Rabindranath Tagore

Année de décès: 1941

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)

Charles Bryant (actor)

Année de décès: 1948

Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (born 1879)

Abner Powell

Année de décès: 1953

Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (born 1860)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 7 AOûT

August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Pope Sixtus II

Christian feast day: Pope Sixtus II

Filseta

Christian feast day: Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Youth Day

Youth Day (Kiribati)

Purple Heart

National Purple Heart Day (United States)

John Mason Neale

Christian feast day: John Mason Neale (Episcopal Church (USA))

Donatus of Muenstereifel

Christian feast day: Donatus of Muenstereifel

Saint Cajetan

Christian feast day: Cajetan of Thienna

Dometius of Persia

Christian feast day: Dometius of Persia

Albert of Trapani

Christian feast day: Albert of Trapani

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