August 7

Happy Birthday RIP Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959) Mary "Billie" Burke(1884–1970) ; John Glover Jr–72 Wayne Knight–61 Paul Bruce Dickinson–58 David Duchovny–56 Charlize Theron–41 Eric Johnson–37 Randy Wayne Frederick–35 ; 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart