On this day: August 7
Coordinated Attacks Strike Multiple European Capitals
On August 7, 2015, a series of violent attacks and explosions targeting public locations in several European capitals left dozens dead and many more injured, prompting emergency lockdowns, national investigations and intensified cross-border security cooperation.
Bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa Kill Hundreds
On August 7, 1998, nearly simultaneous truck-bomb attacks struck the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 200 people and injuring thousands, in assaults widely attributed to the Islamist militant network al-Qaeda.
Napoleon Bonaparte Exiled to Saint Helena
After his defeat at Waterloo and abdication, Napoleon Bonaparte was sent into permanent exile on the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena on August 7, 1815, where he would live under British supervision until his death in 1821.