Born on 7 August 1956

At A Glance

7 August 1956 at a glance

Day of the week

7 August 1956 was a Tuesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Great Pretender” by The Platters 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 1956

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.

Star sign

The star sign for 7 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 August 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 August 1956 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 7 August

• 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.
• 1964 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.

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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