Today in History
7 August
209 births · 99 deaths · 51 events recorded
Notable Births
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Lauren Hemp
b. 2000
English footballer (born 2000)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
b. 1999
American hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)
Jalen Hurts
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Matty Cash
b. 1997
Footballer (born 1997)
Kyler Murray
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Luis Salom
b. 1991
Spanish motorcycle racer
Caroline Aaron
b. 1952
American actress (born 1952)
Rodney Crowell
b. 1950
American country music singer and songwriter (born 1950)
Notable Deaths
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Myint Swe
d. 2025
Acting President of Myanmar (2018; 2021–2025)
Jon McBride
d. 2024
American astronaut (1943–2024)
William Friedkin
d. 2023
American director and producer (1935–2023)
David McCullough
d. 2022
American historian and author (1933–2022)
Markie Post
d. 2021
American actress (1950–2021)
Trevor Moore (comedian)
d. 2021
American comedian and actor (1980–2021)
M. Karunanidhi
d. 2018
Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)
Charles Bryant (actor)
d. 1948
British actor and film director (1879–1948)
On This Day in History
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2020
Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.
Air India Express Flight 1344
2008
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
Russo-Georgian War
2007
At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
Oracle Park
1999
The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
Chechnya
1998
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
1998 United States embassy bombings
1997
Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Space Shuttle program
1997
Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
Fine Air Flight 101
1995
The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake.
State of emergency