| General Information for August 7th 2015 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 219 of 2015 |
| 146 days left in 2015 |
| Week 32 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 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. |
| 1933 - The Simele massacre: The Iraqi government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day. |
| 1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá. |
| 626 - The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. |