August 7: Sony Begins Selling Radios, Operation Desert Shield and Mata Hari the Spy

On This Day in History August 7, 2020 Historical Events 1461  Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor 1714  The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden 1933  The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day. 1955  Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan 1990  US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Charlize Theron 45th Birthday Elizabeth Báthory (1560 - 1614) Louis Leakey (1903 - 1972) Mata Hari (1876 - 1917) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Henry IV (1050 - 1106) Oliver Hardy (1892 - 1957) More Famous Deaths August 7: Why Mata Hari Was Not the Spy You Thought She Was The controversial life and death of Mata Hari, the glamorous WWI double agent, executed in 1917, has recently been reassessed in the light of new evidence. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand