Historical Events for 7th August 2019

1620 – Astronomer Johannes Kepler’s mother arrested for witchcraft
1900 – Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
1930 – Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King loses the election to Richard Bedford Bennett of the Conservative Party
1933 – The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1948 – Delfo Cabrera of Argentina wins dramatic marathon in 2:34:51.6 at the London Olympics
1976 – US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan’s first astronauts
1990 – US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield
2016 – Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 58 in final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, becoming 1st player to shoot 58 in a PGA Tour event and 1st PGA Tour pro to card 2 sub-60 rounds
2016 – American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics

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