August 7
Lighthouse Day
1606 The debut performance of Macbeth by Shakespeare
1909 The Lincoln penny is issued
1927 The Peace Bridge is open connecting Fort Erie Ontario Canada & Buffalo, New York, United States
1930 Richard Bedford Bennett of the conservatives becomes the 11 Canada’s Prime Minister
1950 Ferdi Kubler wins the 37th Tour de France
1971 Apollo 15 enters Earth atmosphere
1985 The MLBA ends the strike
1986 The premiere film Stand by Me
1989 George Clinton releases the album The Cinderella Theory
2002 The premiere of Barbershop starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer
2007 With his 756th home run Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron’s home run record
Happy Birthday
1876 Mata Hari spy
1960 David Duchovny actress
1960 Jacquie O’Sullivan in the group Bananarama
1963 Patrick Kennedy Kennedy
1966 Jimmy Wales one of the founders of Wikipedia
1967 Sable model wrestling manger, Playboy Bunny
1975 Charlize Theron actress
1979 Alex James in the band Blur
1982 Jasmin Mäntylä model
1987 Sidney Crosby NHL hockey player
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