Historical Events In August - 04
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
1856 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
1858 On this day in history first trans-Atlantic cable completed
1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on this day in history.
1862 US govt collects its 1st income tax on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
1870 British Red Cross Society forms on this day in history.
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).
1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.
1875 On August - 04 hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
1879 On August - 04 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris
1881 On August - 04 122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record)
1881 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.
1886 On August - 04 colombia adopts constitution
1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.
1889 On August - 04 carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
1890 Erich Weinert, writer on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history george Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England
1891 George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.
1892 On August - 04 sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass
1892 Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on August - 04.
1892 On August - 04 johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
1897 On August - 04 henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
1897 On this day in history joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)
1900 The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on this day in history.
1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) on this day in history.
1900 The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother on this day in history.
1901 Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) on this day in history.
1902 The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on this day in history.
1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on this day in history.
1903 Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) on this day in history.
1904 On this day in history theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)
1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on August - 04.
1905 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator on this day in history.
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