August 7. Kazinform's timeline of major events

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for 7th of August. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on August 7.

EVENTS

1958 – The decree on developing the oil-rich Mangistau Peninsula on the east coast of the Caspian Sea is adopted.

1995 – The Abai film based on Mukhtar Auezov’s book of the same name is presented at the House of Cinema in Almaty.

2014 – The Karaganda-based hockey club Saryarka is included in the Book of Records of the CIS. The club had 23 consecutive wins in the 2012/13 season of the Supreme Hockey League Championship –All-Russian Open Hockey Championship.

2014 – Five historic facilities of Zhambyl region are included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

2017 – The first hackathon devoted to projects for dealing with urban issues using open data is held as part of the large-scale start-up marathon Astana Innovations Challenge.