Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 7
August 7: Independence Day in Côte d'Ivoire (1960)
- 1679 - The brigantine Le Griffon became the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes.
- 1794 - Farmers in Pennsylvania rebeled against federal taxes on liquor, starting the Whiskey Rebellion.
- 1927 - The Peace Bridge opened between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
- 1947 - Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, landed at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands.
- 1998 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi were bombed, killing 224 and injuring over 4,500.