eso ha pasado un 07 Agosto

1942 : The Americans landed on Guadalcanal


On August 7, 1942, U.S. troops landed at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands to take over the island to the Japanese. Because of the element of surprise, the landing was done without too much opposition, but with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the battle lasted until the withdrawal of Japanese troops in February 1943.

1947 : A raft travels nearly 7000km


On August 7, 1947, the Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl arrived in the archipelago of Tuamotu aboard his raft Kon-Tiki, after covering nearly 7000km.
He had left Peru on April 28. Heyerdahl wanted to prove that the first inhabitants of the Pacific islands came from South America.

1956 : Trucks of ammunition exploded in Cali


On August 7, 1956, seven military trucks full of ammunition exploded in the center of the city of Cali. The nearby army barracksrailway station and homes are destroyed and 1000 people are killed. The cause of the explosion has never been found.

1998 : Bombings in 2 U.S. ambassies


On August 7, 1998, the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and the one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were victims of bombings. 212 people were killed and over 5000 injured. The attacks were perpetrated by fundamentalist terrorist organization al-Qaeda.

Actualidad del día : 07 Agosto

Independance Day in Ivory Coast
August 7 is Independence Day in Ivory Coast, which commemorates its independence gained in 1960 against France.

Cita del día : 07 Agosto

Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologue norvégien
Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Cumpleaños : 07 Agosto

Yūryaku, Emperador de Japón (479)
Mata Hari, Espía holandesa (1876)
Ralph Bunche, Diplomático estadounidense, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1903)
Nicholas Ray, Director de cine americano (1911)
Abebe Bikila, Atleta etíope (1932)
Jean-Luc Dehaene, Político belgo (1940)
Alain Corneau, Director de cine francés (1943)
John Glover, Actor americano (1944)
Robert Mueller, 6o Director del FBI (1944)
Walid Jumblatt, Político libanés (1949)
Vladimir Sorokin, Escritor ruso (1955)
Bruce Dickinson, Cantante inglés (Iron Maiden) (1958)
David Duchovny, Actor americano (1960)
Alain Robert, Escalador urbano francés (1962)
Bruno Pelletier, Cantante canadiense (1962)
Sydney Penny, Actriz americana (1971)
Charlize Theron, Actriz sudafricana (1975)
Tina O'Brien, Actriz inglesa (1983)
Rouven Sattelmaier, Futbolista alemán (1987)

Nos han dejado un 07 Agosto

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Industrial francés (1817)
Rabindranath Tagore, Escritor indio, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1941)
Oliver Hardy, Comediante estadounidense (1957)
Joseph Kosma, Compositor francés (1969)
Red Adair, Bombero americano contra pozo de petróleo (2004)
Bruno Cremer, Actor francés (2010)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed