The 7t o August is the 219t day o the year (220t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 146 days ti come.
Events 1942 : American troops on Guadalcanal1960: Banner o Ivory Coast 1976: Viking spacecraft
Births Abebe Bikila Charlize Theron 317 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor (d. 361)
1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian noblewumman an suspectit serial killer (d. 1614)
1872 - William Auchterlonie, Scots gowfer (d. 1963)
1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch exotic dancer an spy (d. 1917 )
1903 - Louis Leakey, Kenyan archaeologist (d. 1972)
1904 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat (d. 1971)
1926 - Stan Freberg , American actor, writer an comedian (d. 2015)
1932 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopie runner (d. 1973)
1933 - Elinor Ostrom, American economist (d. 2012 )
1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene , Prime meenister o Belgium (d. 2014)
1946 - John C. Mather, American astropheesicist an cosmologist
1947 - Sofia Rotaru, Soviet-Ukrainian sangster
1958 - Bruce Dickinson , Inglis sangster, sangwriter an muisicker (Iron Maiden )
1960 - David Duchovny, American actor
1966 - Jimmy Wales , American internet entrepreneur, foondit Wikipaedia
1969 - Paul Lambert , Scots fitbawer
1975 - Charlize Theron, Sooth African actress
1980 - Euan Murray, Scots rugby union player
1981 - Robert Blair, Scots badminton player
1984 - Yun Hyon-seok , Sooth Korean activist (d. 2003 )
1985 - Darren McGregor, Scots fitbawer
1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
Daiths 461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor
1106 - Henry IV, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
1846 - John Baildon, Scots metallurgy pioneer (b. 1772)
1848 - Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swadish chemist (b. 1779)
1941 - Rabindranath Tagore , Indie-Bengali writer, poet, philosopher an airtist (b. 1861)
1957 - Oliver Hardy, American actor an comedian (b. 1892 )
2004 - Gordon Smith, Scots fitbawer (b. 1924 )
2015 - Frances Oldham Kelsey , Canadian pharmacologist (b. 1914 )
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