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August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in Leap Year s), with 149 days remaining.
Events
- 1265 - The Battle Of Evesham of the Second Barons' War is fought in Worcestershire , with the army of future King Edward I Of England defeating the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon De Montfort, 6th Earl Of Leicester and killing de Montfort and many of his allies. This is sometimes considered the death of Chivalry in England .
- 1578 - Battle Of Al Kasr Al Kebir - Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian Of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry , as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
- 1693 - Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne .
- 1704 - During the War Of The Spanish Succession an Anglo-Dutch force seizes the rock of Gibraltar .
- writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious Libel against the royal governor of New York , on the basis that what he published was true.
- 1753 - George Washington , then a young Virginia planter, becomes a Master Mason , the highest basic rank in the secret fraternity of Freemasonry .
- 1789 - In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end Feudalism and abandon their privileges
- 1782 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is married to Constanze Weber.
- 1790 - A newly passed Tariff act creates the '' Revenue Cutter Service '' (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard ).
- 1821 - Atkinson & Alexander publish the '' Saturday Evening Post '' for the first time as a weekly Newspaper .
- 1824 - Battle Of Cos fought between Turks and Greeks .
- 1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japan ese ships.
- survey party in Montana , the United States 7th Cavalry , under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer , clash for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River ; only one man on each side is killed).
- 1892 - The family of Lizzie Borden is found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
- 1902 - Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the River Thames opens.
- invaded Belgium ; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States proclaims neutrality.
- informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jew ish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
- 1947 - The Supreme Court Of Japan is established.
- workers Michael Schwerner , Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21 .
- 1964 - destroyers USS ''Maddox'' and USS ''C. Turner Joy'' are allegedly attacked in the Gulf Of Tonkin . Air support from the carrier USS ''Ticonderoga'' sinks two, possibly three North Vietnam ese gunboats. Years later, the claim of NVA attack was revealed to be false.
- intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris , US representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
- 1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish charge d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya .
- 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department Of Energy .
- 1983 - Thomas Sankara becomes president of Upper Volta .
- 1983 - New York Yankee Outfielder Dave Winfield accidentally kills a Seagull during a Baseball game and is charged by police for his "act of cruelty to animals". His Manager Billy Martin quipped, "It's the first time he's hit the Cutoff Man ."
- 1984 - The Africa n republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso .
- 1985 - In one of the most exciting days in sports, Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox wins his 300th Game and Rod Carew of the California Angels picks up his 3000th Hit . It marks the only day in which two men reach baseball's three biggest milestones on the same day.
- 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required Radio and Television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
- 1991 - The Greek cruise ship '' Oceanos '' sinks off the coast of South Africa .
- 1993 - A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King 's Civil Rights .
- 1995 - Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
- 1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
- 2005 - Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th — and first Black — Governor General .
Births
- 1222 - Richard De Clare, 6th Earl Of Hertford , English soldier (d. 1262 )
- 1290 - Duke Leopold I Of Austria (d. 1326 )
- 1521 - Pope Urban VII , (d. 1590 )
- 1604 - François Hédelin, Abbé D'Aubignac , French writer (d. 1676 )
- 1701 - Thomas Blackwell , Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757 )
- 1719 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767 )
- 1721 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess Of Stafford , English politician (d. 1803 )
- 1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley , English poet (d. 1822 )
- 1805 - William Rowan Hamilton , Irish mathematician (d. 1865 )
- 1834 - John Venn , English mathematician (d. 1923 )
- 1840 - Richard Von Krafft-Ebing , German psychiatrist (d. 1902 )
- 1859 - Knut Hamsun , Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952 )
- 1870 - Sir Harry Lauder , Scottish entertainer (d. 1950 )
- 1899 - Ezra Taft Benson , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994 )
- 1900 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002 )
- 1901 - Louis Armstrong , American musician (d. 1971 )
- 1904 - Witold Gombrowicz , Polish novelist and dramatist (d. 1969 )
- 1906 - Eugen Schuhmacher , German zoologist (d. 1973 )
- 1908 - Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor (d. 1994 )
- 1909 - Glenn Cunningham , runner (d. 1988 )
- 1910 - William Schuman , American composer (d. 1992 )
- 1912 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer (d. 1999 )
- 1912 - Raoul Wallenberg , Swedish diplomat
- 1913 - Robert Hayden , American poet (d. 1980 )
- 1921 - Maurice Richard , Canadian hockey player (d. 2000 )
- 1923 - Reg Grundy , Australian media and television mogul
- 1927 - Jess Thomas , American tenor (d. 1993 )
- 1929 - Yasser Arafat , Palestine leader (d. 2004 )
- 1929 - Kishore Kumar , Indian singer and actor (d. 1987 )
- 1936 - Assia Djebar , Algerian writer and filmmaker
- 1937 - David Bedford , English musician
- 1940 - Timi Yuro , American singer (d. 2004 )
- 1942 - David Lange , Prime Minister Of New Zealand (d. 2005 )
- 1943 - Bjørn Wirkola , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1944 - Richard Belzer , American actor and comedian
- 1946 - Maureen Starkey , one-time wife of Beatle, Ringo Starr (d. 1994 )
- 1947 - Klaus Schulze , German composer
- 1948 - Johnny Grubb , US baseball player
- 1952 - Gábor Demszky , Hungarian politician
- 1955 - Billy Bob Thornton , American actor and writer
- 1957 - John Wark , Scottish footballer
- 1958 - Mary Decker , American athlete
- 1960 - Dean Malenko , American professional wrestler
- --- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Prime Minister Of Spain
- 1961 - Barack Obama , American politician
- 1962 - Roger Clemens , American baseball player
- 1967 - Mike Marsh , American athlete
- 1968 - Marcus Schenkenberg , Swedish model
- 1968 - Daniel Dae Kim , American actor
- 1969 - Troy O'Leary , American Baseball player
- 1970 - Michael DeLuise , American actor
- 1971 - Jeff Gordon , American race car driver
- 1972 - Stefan Brogren , Canadian actor
- 1974 - Cristian González , Argentine footballer
- 1977 - Luis Boa Morte , Portuguese footballer
- 1978 - Kurt Busch , American race car driver
- 1985 - Ha Seung-Jin , Korean basketball player
- 1992 - Dylan And Cole Sprouse , Italian-born American child actors
Deaths
- 1060 - King Henry I Of France (b. 1008 )
- 1265 - Killed in the Battle of Evesham:
- --- Hugh Le Despencer, 1st Baron Le Despencer (b. 1223 )
- --- Henry De Montfort (b. 1238 )
- --- Peter De Montfort
- --- Simon De Montfort, 6th Earl Of Leicester (b. 1208 )
- 1306 - King Wenceslaus III Of Bohemia (b. 1289 )
- 1338 - Thomas Of Brotherton, 1st Earl Of Norfolk , son of Edward I Of England (b. 1300 )
- 1526 - Juan Sebastián Elcano , Spanish explorer (b. 1476 )
- 1578 - King Sebastian Of Portugal (b. 1554 )
- 1578 - Thomas Stucley , English adventurer
- 1598 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , English statesman (b. 1520 )
- 1612 - Hugh Broughton , English scholar (b. 1549 )
- 1639 - Juan Ruiz De Alarcón , Mexican dramatist
- 1727 - Victor-Maurice, Comte De Broglie , French general (b. 1647 )
- 1741 - Andrew Hamilton , American lawyer
- 1784 - Giovanni Battista Martini , Italian musician (b. 1706 )
- 1792 - John Burgoyne , British general (b. 1723 )
- 1795 - Timothy Ruggles , American-born Tory politician (b. 1711 )
- 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen , Danish writer (b. 1805 )
- 1938 - Pearl White , American actress (b. 1889 )
- 1957 - Washington Luís Pereira De Sousa , President of Brazil (b. 1869 )
- 1976 - Roy Herbert Thomson , Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian publisher (b. 1894 )
- 1977 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889 )
- 1981 - Melvyn Douglas , American actor (b. 1901 )
- 1997 - Jeanne Calment , the oldest ever human.
- 1998 - Yuri Artyukhin , cosmonaut (b. 1930 )
- 1999 - Victor Mature , American actor (b. 1915 )
- 2000 - Leslie Glass , American adult film actress (b. 1963 )
- 2001 - Lorenzo Music , American actor, writer, and producer (b. 1937 )
- 2003 - Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1916 )
Holidays and observances
External links
August 3 - August 5 - July 4 - September 4 -- Listing Of All Days
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