It happened on this day, August 7th.
events:
1415 – Burning of Czech religious reformer Jan Hus, who criticized the corruption of the Church and was accused of heresy. The clergy burned his books and manuscripts before burning him on the forty-second anniversary of his birth.
1493 – Signing of an agreement between King Abu Abdullah Muhammad
1798 – The United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands to its influence.
1819 – The “Battle of Boyaca” takes place, in which Simón Bolívar defeats the Spanish army, a battle that paves the way for the independence of Colombia and the end of Spanish hegemony over Latin America.
1879 – A decree is issued on August 7 to limit the powers granted to the Khedive of Egypt, less than two weeks after the dismissal of Khedive Ismail and the installation of Khedive Tawfiq.
1921 – The Algerian football club, Mouloudia Alger, is founded and is considered the oldest Algerian club.
1926 – Spain and Italy conclude a treaty regarding the disputed Moroccan port of Tangier; due to its importance and its location at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.
1933 – The Simil massacre took place, perpetrated by the Iraqi army against the Assyrians in the town of Simil in northern Iraq.
1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin assumes supreme command of all Soviet armies during World War II.
1960 – Declaration of independence of Ivory Coast from France.
1963 – The Security Council warns all UN member states against sending arms to South Africa as a means of pressuring the government there to end its policy of racial discrimination.
1964 – Moroccan intelligence and security forces surrounded and killed Sheikh Al-Arab and arrested dozens of his supporters.
1998 – Bombings of the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. The attacks kill 224 people and injure 4,500.
2008 – Syrian authorities release political dissident Arif Dalila under a special presidential pardon after spending 7 years in prison.
2010 – Juan Manuel Santos officially assumes the presidency of Colombia, succeeding Alvaro Uribe Pelez.
2017 – A partial lunar eclipse occurred, lasting about two hours and observed in Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.
2020 – The number of confirmed infections of the Corona pandemic exceeds 19 million people worldwide, including more than 715,000 deaths and approximately 11,578,000 recovered cases.
✴️ At least 17 people were killed when an Air India Express plane crashed after overshooting the runway while landing at Calicut airport.
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Births:
317 – Emperor Constantius II, Emperor of the Roman Empire.
1779 – Karl Ritter, German geographer.
1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
** Muhammad Muftah Qaryo, a Libyan Muslim scholar.
1928 – James Randi, American juggler.
1929 – Laila Hamdy, Egyptian actress.
1933 – Elinor Ostrom, American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009.
1938 – Nabila El-Sayed, Egyptian actress.
1942 – Tobin Bell, American actor.
** Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer and musician.
** Mustafa Fahmy, Egyptian actor.
1943 – Muhammad Badie, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.
1949 – Walid Joumblatt, Lebanese politician.
1952 – Kees Keast, Dutch footballer.
1960 – David Duchovny, American actor.
1963 – Hiroaki Hirata, Japanese voice actor.
** Harold Perenau, American actor.
1966 – Jimmy Wales, American businessman and co-founder of Wikipedia.
1967 – Saad Al-Ghamdi, Saudi imam and Quran reciter.
1973 – Kevin Muscat, Australian rules footballer.
1975 – Charlize Theron, South African actress.
1987 – Shaima Seif, Egyptian actress.
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Death:
479 – Emperor Yūryaku, Emperor of Japan.
1415 – Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer.
1848 – Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist.
1941 – Rabindranath Thakur, Indian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
1957 – Oliver Hardy, American actor.
1975 – Muhammad Hadi Al-Milani, Iranian-Iraqi Shiite jurist.
1983 – Naima Wasfi, Egyptian actress.
1987 – Camille Chamoun, President of the Lebanese Republic.
2009 – Taha Mohieddin Marouf, Iraqi politician.
** Ali Al-Jundi, Syrian poet.
2011 – Hassan Al-Asmar, Egyptian singer.
2015 – Saud Al-Dosari, Saudi broadcaster.
2019 – Alawya Zaki, Egyptian director.
2021 – Dalal Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actress.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ National Day in Ivory Coast.
⬅️ Birthday in Bogotá, Colombia.
⬅️ Assyrian Martyrs' Day to commemorate the massacre of Semele.
