Summary of the Day ✨ 7 August (07/08)
Air India Express Flight 1344 crashed at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 21 of 190 people on board, while Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron’s record. The day also marked the beginning of the Russo-Georgian War over South Ossetia and saw bombings at U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed approximately 212 people.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 2008: The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
- 2007: At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old record.
- 1999: The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
- 1998: Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
- 1997: Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1997: Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
- 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.
- 1993: Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 1990: First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
- 1989: U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
- 1989: The National Cold Fusion Institute opened in Salt Lake City.
- 1987: Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
- 1985: Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan’s first astronauts.
- 1981: The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Lauren Hemp, English footballer
- 1999: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter
- 1998: Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver
- 1998: María Belén Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
- 1998: Jalen Hurts, American football player
- 1997: Matty Cash, Polish footballer
- 1997: Kyler Murray, American football player
- 1996: Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
- 1993: Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
- 1993: Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
- 1992: Adam Yates, English cyclist
- 1992: Simon Yates, English cyclist
- 1992: Wout Weghorst, Dutch footballer
- 1991: Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)
- 1991: Mike Trout, American baseball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Myint Swe, retired army general and acting president of Myanmar (b.1951)
- 2024: Jon McBride, American astronaut (born 1943)
- 2023: William Friedkin, American film director (born 1935)
- 2022: David McCullough, American historian and author (born 1933)
- 2021: Markie Post, American actress (born 1950)
- 2021: Trevor Moore, American comedian (born 1980)
- 2019: David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (born 1967)
- 2018: M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)
- 2018: Stan Mikita, Slovak hockey player (born 1940)
- 2017: Don Baylor, American baseball player (born 1949)
- 2017: David Maslanka, American composer (born 1943)
- 2016: Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (born 1989)
- 2015: Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (born 1929)
- 2015: Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)
- 2015: Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (born 1923)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
- Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
- Christian feast day:
Albert of Trapani - Christian feast day:
Cajetan of Thienna - Christian feast day:
Carpophorus and companions - Christian feast day:
Dometius of Persia - Christian feast day:
Donatus of Arezzo - Christian feast day:
Donatus of Besançon - Christian feast day:
Donatus of Muenstereifel - Christian feast day:
John Mason Neale (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Nantovinus - Christian feast day:
Pope Sixtus II - Christian feast day:
August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Christian feast day:
Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) - Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)