August 7

People born on this day are Leo.

On this day in history01

1989
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
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1990
First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
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1993
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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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.
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1997
Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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1997
Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
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1998
Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
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1999
The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
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2007
At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
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2008
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
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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.
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2026
Debsirin Nonthaburi school shooting
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