Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on August 7 throughout history.
Air India Express Flight 1344 was a scheduled international flight operated by a Boeing 737-800 on 7 August 2020 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, landing at …
Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of…
The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regi…
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
Oracle Park is a ballpark in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. Since 2000, it has been the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League…
At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic for…
The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in two nearly simultaneous truck bomb …
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpo…
Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,…
Fine Air Flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from Miami International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, operated by Douglas DC-8 N27UA, that crashed almost immedi…
Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its …
The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of…
Ada Elizabeth Deer was an American scholar and civil servant who was a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and a Native American advocate. As an activist she opposed…
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which mar…
First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III was an American politician and anti-poverty activist. He served as a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Blac…
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
The National Cold Fusion Institute (NCFI) was a nonprofit research institute affiliated with the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1…
The National Cold Fusion Institute opened in Salt Lake City.
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc…
Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering…
Takao Doi is a Japanese astronaut, engineer and veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., between 1852 and …
The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter…
U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of…
The Viking program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes, Viking 1 and Viking 2 both launched in 1975, and landed on Mars in 1976. The mission effort began in 196…
Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
Philippe Petit is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Br…
Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
Harold Joseph Haley was an American judge. He was a Superior Court judge in Marin County, California. He was taken hostage in his courtroom, along with several others, during the…
California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson…
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in …
Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American…