History

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This is what happens when I don't want to study for my exams.... *shifty eyes* Ironically enough, I'm doing this instead of studying for my history exam, lol.

August 7th

August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. There are 94 days in North Hemisphere summer, South Hemisphere winter. The Northern Hemisphere is considered to be halfway through the summer on this day.

EVENTS

1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins: Farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.

1945 - President Harry Truman announces the successful bombing of Hiroshima with an atomic bomb while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

1998 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500.

(I actually remember the last one -- we were on vacation and had no clue about it until we got home. I think we were in Fort Lauderdale?)

BIRTHS

1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)

1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)

1928 - James Randi, Canadian magician

(Does anyone else notice the trend of crazy people having my birthday? ...And James Randi came to my school. *shifty eyes* Anyways...)

DEATHS

479 - Emperor Yūryaku of Japan

461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)

1106 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)

(...and apparently my birthday is worse than the Ides of March. *raises eyebrows*)