352 Historic Events for August 7
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Velio Tormis, composer
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| 1930 |
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2 black guys lynched in Marion Indiana
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| 1930 |
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Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
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| 1931 |
Death |
Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Ann Harding, US, actress (East is West, Janie)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, US, sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon)
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| 1934 |
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US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down govt's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
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| 1935 |
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60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Charles Pope, US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Richard L[ouis] Tierney, US, sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Rahsaan Kirk, Roland rocker
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Don Wilson, cricketer (England slow left-armer between 1963-71)
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| 1938 |
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Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
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| 1938 |
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2 die in a NYC subway accident
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| 1938 |
Death |
Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
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| 1938 |
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Nazi's close theologic department of Innsbruck university
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Helen Caldicott, Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Verna Bloom, Lynn MA, actress (After Hours, Badge 373)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Tom Barlow, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
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| 1940 |
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Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile
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| 1940 |
Event |
Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1› 1856 British Guiana)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Thomas F Hartnett, (Rep-R-SC, 1981-86)
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