Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 7
August 7: Independence Day in Côte d'Ivoire (1960)
- 1679 - Le Griffon, a brigantine by René-Robert de LaSalle, became the first sailing ship to navigate the Great Lakes.
- 1782 - The Badge of Military Merit, the original Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration in the Continental Army.
- 1947 - An expedition led by Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in 101 days on his raft, Kon-Tiki.
- 1965 - Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman of the Federation of Malaysia demanded that Singapore withdraw from the federation, choosing to "sever ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government."