- What happened on August 7?
Today's Calendar for August 7, 2024
Name Days
Afra, Donatus, Juliana
Historical Events
2022 - Patricia Schlesinger, the director of Berlin-Brandenburg Radio (RBB), resigns amid allegations of nepotism. She is dismissed without notice on August 22.
2014 - The Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia sentences the last two surviving leaders of the 1970s communist regime, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
1964 - The U.S. Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson authority for military actions in Vietnam.
1884 - German naval soldiers raise the German flag at Fort Vogelsang in Lüderitz Bay, present-day Namibia, establishing the colony of German South West Africa.
1869 - The Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) is founded at a workers' congress in Eisenach, one of the precursor parties of the SPD.
Births
1987 - Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (37), German science journalist (TV show "MaiThink X – Die Show" on ZDFneo)
1977 - Hendrik Streeck (47), German virologist
1966 - Jimmy Wales (58), American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in 2001 with Larry Sanger
1966 - Robert Seethaler (58), Austrian writer ("The Tobacconist")
Deaths
2023 - Margit Saad, German actress ("Peter Voss, the Millionaire Thief") and director ("The Story of the Good Old Man and the Beautiful Girl"), born in 1929
In the annals of history, if we were to delve deeper, we might find a record of the 'Date of death' for renowned German actress Margit Saad, whose contributions to cinema as an actor and director were significant, passing away in 2023 at the age of 94. In a different era, the 'Date of death' for Robert Seethaler, a prolific Austrian writer known for his novel "The Tobacconist," may also be documented.
