Born on 7 August 1954

At A Glance

7 August 1954 at a glance

Day of the week

7 August 1954 was a Saturday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Happy Wanderer” recorded by Frank Weir and Obernkirchen Children's Choir was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1954

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1954 was Rear Window.

Star sign

The star sign for 7 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 August 1954 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 August 1954 was First Quarter.

On this day: 7 August

• 1946 The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
• 1947 Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• 1959 Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1960 Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
• 1962 Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.

Famous people born on 7 August

• Charlize Theron, South African actress (born 1975)
• Kyler Murray, American football player (born 1997)
• Michael Shannon, American actor (born 1974)
• Jalen Hurts, American football player (born 1998)

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