August 7: Assyrian Martyrs Day (1933); Independence Day in Ivory Coast (1960)
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
- 1461 – Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
- 1679 – Le Griffon, a brigantine built by René-Robert de La Salle, became the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.
- 1933 – An estimated 3,000 Assyrians were slaughtered by Iraqi troops during the Simele massacre in the Dahuk and Mosul districts.
- 1985 – In Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England, a local magistrate and his family were murdered in what The Times described as "a classic whodunit".
- 1999 – The Chechnya-based Islamist militia group Islamic International Brigade invaded the neighbouring Russian republic of Dagestan in support of the Shura of Dagestan separatist movement.
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