Historical Events In August - 04

1984  Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack on August - 04.   

1984  Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure on this day in history.   

1984  On August - 04 prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks   

1984  Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) on this day in history.   

1984  Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack   

1985  Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 on August - 04.   

1987  FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters on this day in history.   

1987  Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56 on August - 04.   

1988  Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II on this day in history.   

1988  Hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.   

1988  Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.   

1990  On August - 04 european community proposes a boycott of Iraq   

1991  On this day in history nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80   

1992  Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 on August - 04.   

1993  Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies on August - 04.   

1994  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on August - 04.   

1995  Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 on August - 04.   

1996  On this day in history 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia   

1996  Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1997  On August - 04 jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122   

2007  On this day in history smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia.   

2007  On August - 04 the 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.   

2007  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales on this day in history.   

2007  The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole on this day in history.   

2007  A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on August - 04.   

2012  45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran   

2014  On this day in history hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire   

2017  Rwandan President Paul Kagame wins a third term with 98.63% of the vote on this day in history.   

2017  Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after chemical fipronil found in eggs from The Netherlands on this day in history.   

2018  Super Rugby Final, AMI Stadium, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders successfully defend title with 37-18 home win against the Lions from Johannesburg; Crusaders' 9th SR title on August - 04.   

2018  President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV on August - 04.   

2019  On August - 04 cairo bombing: A car crashes into three other cars causing an explosion outside the National Cancer Institute Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 20 people and injuring 47 others.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded