What are the important events that happened on August 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 7 is the 219^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 25, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,242,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecaenneagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 194 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,612 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 7: This Day In History

The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through its summer and the Southern Hemisphere half way through its winter on this day.

August 7 Historical Events

• 1789 –
  The United States War Department is established.
• 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.
• 1942 –
  World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins – United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• 1947 –
  Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7000 km journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• 1959 –
  Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1964 –
  Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
• 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.
• 1976 –
  Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
• 1999 –
  The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.

Who were born on August 7?

• 1783 –
  Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (d. 1810)
• 1901 –
  Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1907 –
  Albert Kotin, American abstract painter (d. 1980)
• 1926 –
  Géza Kádas, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1979)
• 1944 –
  John Glover, American actor
• 1952 –
  Alexei Sayle, British comedian
• 1961 –
  Brian Conley, English comedian
• 1974 –
  Chico Benymon, American actor
• 1975 –
  Koray Candemir, Turkish singer
• 1978 –
  Mark McCammon, Barbadian football player

Who died on August 7?

• 461 –
  Majorian, Roman Emperor (b. 420)
• 1106 –
  Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
• 1938 –
  Constantin Stanislavski, Russian/Soviet theatre practitioner (b. 1863)
• 1953 –
  Abner Powell, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1957 –
  Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892)
• 1969 –
  Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1974 –
  Sylvio Mantha, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1991 –
  Billy T. James, New Zealand comedian, (b. 1944)
• 2008 –
  Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent/manager and producer (b. 1931)
• 2011 –
  Nancy Wake, British war agent (b. 1912)