Events on August 7, 2011
American Family Day in ArizonaAssistance Dog Week
Bikila, Abebe (Birth Date)
Bonds Breaks Aaron's Career Home Run Record
Bunche, Ralph Johnson (Birth Date)
Burro Race
Colombia: Battle of Boyacá Day
Côte D'ivoire: National Day
Desert Shield
Greene, Nathaniel (Birth Date)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Hatfield-Mccoy Feud Erupts
Herbert Hoover Day
Ising, Rudolf C. (Birth Date)
Italy: Joust of the Quintana
Knights of Columbus Family Week
Love Canal Declared Disaster Area
Mata Hari (Birth Date)
Mckechnie, Bill (125th Birth Anniversary)
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart
Sisters' Day®
Space Milestone: First Picture of Earth from Space
Swiss Volksfest
US War Department Established
World Trade Center Tightrope Walk
Birthdays on August 7, 2011
Sidney Crosby, 24, hockey player, born Cole Harbour, NS, Canada, Aug 7, 1987.David Duchovny, 51, actor (“The X-Files,” “Californication”), born New York, NY, Aug 7, 1960.
Stan Freberg, 85, satirist, born Pasadena, CA, Aug 7, 1926.
John Glover, 67, actor (“Smallville,” An Early Frost), born Salisbury, MD, Aug 7, 1944.
Garrison Keillor, 69, humorist, producer, host (“The Prairie Home Companion”), author (Lake Wobegon Days), born Anoka, MN, Aug 7, 1942.
DeLane Matthews, 50, actress (“Dave’s World”), born Rockledge, FL, Aug 7, 1961.
Harold Parrineau, 48, actor (“Lost,” “Oz”), born Brooklyn, NY, Aug 7, 1963.
Alberto Salazar, 54, marathon runner, born Havana, Cuba, Aug 7, 1957.
Charlize Theron, 36, actress (Oscar for Monster; In the Valley of Elah, Aeon Flux, The Italian Job), born Benoni, South Africa, Aug 7, 1975.
Billy Joe (B.J.) Thomas, 69, singer (“Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”), born Houston, TX, Aug 7, 1942.
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