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| August 7th, 2007 (August 07 2007) | Event | Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron s record by hitting his 756th home run. | |
| August 7th, 2007 (August 07 2007) | Death | Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (born in 1931) | |
| August 7th, 2007 (August 07 2007) | Death | Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director and producer. (born in 1917) | |
| August 7th, 2007 (August 07 2007) | Death | Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (born in 1919) | |
| August 7th, 1987 (August 07 1987) | Birth | Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player | |
| August 7th, 1987 (August 07 1987) | Death | Camille Chamoun, Lebanese President (born in 1900) | |
| August 7th, 1967 (August 07 1967) | Event | Vietnam War: The People s Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant. | |
| August 7th, 1967 (August 07 1967) | Birth | Jason Grimsley, American baseball player | |
| August 7th, 1957 (August 07 1957) | Birth | Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast | |
| August 7th, 1957 (August 07 1957) | Death | Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (born in 1892) | |
| August 7th, 1947 (August 07 1947) | Event | 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 (4375-mile) journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. | |
| August 7th, 1947 (August 07 1947) | Event | The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). | |
| August 7th, 1947 (August 07 1947) | Birth | Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian entertainer | |
| August 7th, 1927 (August 07 1927) | Event | The Peace Bridge opens, between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. | |
| August 7th, 1927 (August 07 1927) | Birth | Edwin W. Edwards, American politician | Edwin W. Edwards Quotes |
| August 7th, 1927 (August 07 1927) | Birth | Art Houtteman, American baseball player (died in 2003) | |
| August 7th, 1927 (August 07 1927) | Birth | Carl Switzer, American child actor (died in 1959) | |
| August 7th, 1917 (August 07 1917) | Death | Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (born in 1891) | |
| August 7th, 1907 (August 07 1907) | Birth | Albert Kotin, American abstract painter (died in 1980) | |
| August 7th, 1877 (August 07 1877) | Birth | Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (died in 1949) | |
| August 7th, 1867 (August 07 1867) | Birth | Emil Nolde, German painter (died in 1956) | |
| August 7th, 1817 (August 07 1817) | Death | Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (born in 1739) | |
| August 7th, 0317 (August 07 0317) | Birth | Constantius II, Roman emperor (died in 361) | |
