On This Day: 7 August

7 August in Indian history

• 2020Air India Express Flight 1344 overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, and crashed, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.India
• 1993Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.India
• 1969Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.India
• 1947The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).India
• 1791American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.India

7 August in world history

• 2007At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
• 1997Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1987Cold 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.
• 1970Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.
• 1964Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
• 1960Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• 1955Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.
• 1946The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• 1944IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.
• 1942World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi, Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
• 1897Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.
• 1782The Badge of Military Merit, the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.
• 1744Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

Born on 7 August

• 1999Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter
• 1975Édgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player
• 1928Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
• 1826August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (died 1889)
• 1726James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1790)
• 1702Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)India

Died on 7 August

• 2018M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)India
• 2014Perry Moss, American football player and coach (born 1926)
• 1941Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)India
• 1385Joan of Kent, mother of Richard II (born 1328)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 August in history?

2020: Air India Express Flight 1344 overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, and crashed, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. 2007: At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record. 1997: Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1993: Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

What happened on 7 August in Indian history?

2020: Air India Express Flight 1344 overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, and crashed, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. 1993: Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1969: Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Which famous people were born on 7 August?

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter (1999); Édgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player (1975); Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021) (1928); August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (died 1889) (1826).

Which day is observed on 7 August?

National Handloom Day; Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community); Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia); Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis); Republic Day (Ivory Coast).