This Date in American History : August 7   

Events:    

Teddy Roosevelt is nominated as Bull Moose Party candidate (August 7, 1912)

United States forces invade Guadacanal  (August 7, 1942)

Satellite pictures from Explorer 6 are transmitted (August 7, 1959)

Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  (August 7, 1964)

President George HW Bush orders Operation Desert Shield  (August 7, 1990)

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