7th August anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1876
  • Netherlands
  • "Birth of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better know as Mata Hari, exectuted for spying during World War I."
• event
  • 1858
  • Canada
  • Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of Canada .
  • 1926
  • Great Britain
  • Britains 1st Grand Prix is held at Brooklands
  • 1933
  • Iraq
  • "The Iraqi government massacred over 3,000 Assyrians in the town of Simele (also known as Sumail)."
  • 1934
  • United States
  • "The Court of Appeal rejected the US Governments attempt to ban James Joyces novel Ulysses, allowing it to be published in the USA"
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "The USA launched the Explorer 6 satellite, which sent back the first images of the Earth from space"
  • 1998
  • Kenya
  • "Al Qaeda exploded bombs at the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people and injuring more than 5,500."
• Death
  • 1834
  • France
  • "Death of Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver, inventor of the Jacquard loom which used holes in a string of cards to weave intricate patterns"
  • 1938
  • Russian Federation
  • "Death of Konstantin Stanislavsky, actor and joint founder of the Moscow Arts Theatre"
  • 1957
  • Great Britain
  • Oliver Hardy died 1957 (born1892). Film comedian who made 200 films with Stan Laurel.