What happend on 7th August

06.08
08.08
2005

Singer Marc Cohn is shot in the head during a carjacking attempt in Denver; he survives.

2005

Russian Priz class mini-submarine AS-28 and its seven crewmembers are rescued off the Pacific coast

1999

A group of Indian army veterans launch the political party Rashtriya Raksha Dal.

1998

1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500.

1997

Fine Air Flight 101, a cargo flight from Miami to Santo Domingo crashes onto NW 72nd Ave near Miami International Airport, killing five people.

1995

Operation Storm is officialy declared over in Croatia, resulting in total Croat victory over rebel Serb forces.

1990

At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by British reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90 i.e. 1234567890.

1989

U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.

1988

Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park

1985

Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.