Daily Calendar for Friday, August 7, 2026

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La Salle’s Le Griffon, first ship to sail upper Great Lakes, entered Lake Erie – 1679
George Washington established the Badge of Military Merit for U.S. soldiers injured in action. It later became known as the Purple Heart – 1782
The United States War Department established – 1789
Service began at first deaf church in U.S., St. Ann’s Church for Deaf Mutes, N.Y.C. – 1859
Silver discovered in northern Ontario – 1903
Peace Bridge opened – 1927
U.S. satellite Explorer VI launched – 1959
The Don Messer Show premiered on CBC television – 1959
Love Canal, N.Y., was declared a disaster area – 1978
Record-breaking flight around world by single-engine plane completed (6 days, 7 hours, 25 minutes, 47 seconds) – 1982
President George Bush ordered the military buildup known as Operation Desert Shield in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait earlier in the month – 1990
At the Summer Olympics, Katie Ledecky swam the 400m freestyle in 3:56.46, setting a world record – 2016

New York City had a low of only 102 degrees F by day and 82 degrees F by night, and Philadelphia reached a record high of 106 degrees F – 1918
The temperature in Claysville, Pennsylvania, reached 108 degrees F – 1918
A hailstorm severely damaged a passenger train near Pinneo, Colorado. – 1922
Waco, Texas, recorded a temperature of 107 degrees F – 1988
Marquette, Michigan, experienced a high temperature of 88 degrees F – 1988
The temperature plummeted to 40 degrees F in Valentine, Nebraska – 1989
The temperature plummeted to 30 degrees F in Martin, South Dakota – 1989
The temperature plummeted to 37 degrees F in Belcourt, North Dakota – 1989