AUG 7: EVENTS: • 1789 – The United States Department of War is established. • 1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania. • 1858 – Australian rules football was founded and the first match was played between Melbourne Football Club and Scotch Grammar. The Melbourne Football Club (the oldest remaining sporting club in the world), was also founded on this day. • 1879 – The opening of the Poor Mans Palace in Manchester, England. • 1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). • 1947 – The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). • 1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida. • 1960 – Côte dIvoire becomes independent from France. • 1976 – Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars. • 1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication. • 1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japans first astronauts. BIRTHDAYS: • 1783 – Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom • 1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer • 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate • 1924 – Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist • 1925 – M. S. Swaminathan, Indian geneticist • 1947 – Suthivelu, Indian actor • 1948 – Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach • 1950 – S. Thandayuthapani, Sri Lankan educator and politician • 1966 – Jimmy Wales, American businessman, co-founded Wikipedia • 1986 – Nancy Sumari, Tanzanian model, Miss World Africa 2005 DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: • 1106 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor • 1864 – Li Xiucheng, Chinese general • 1941 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, Nobel Prize laureate • 1973 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer IMPORTANT DAYS: • Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community) • Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia) • Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis) • Republic Day (Côte dIvoire) • Youth Day (Kiribati)
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