August 07

Friday 07, 1998:

1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500.

Thursday 07, 1997:

Fine Air Flight 101, a cargo flight from Miami to Santo Domingo crashes onto NW 72nd Ave near Miami International Airport, killing five people.

Sunday 07, 1988:

Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park

Friday 07, 1959:

Explorer program: The United States launches Explorer 6 from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Friday 07, 1953:

Ohio admitted to the union, retroactive to 1803 (this is disputed by some).