Famous Birthdays In August - 04

1915  On this day in history birth of warren Avis, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)  

1918  Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck), American author (d. 1992) was born on August - 04.  

1920  Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences) was born on August - 04.  

1921  Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947) was born on this day in history.  

1923  Arthur Butterworth, composer was born on August - 04.  

1923  On August - 04 birth of reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul  

1923  On August - 04 birth of mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer  

1927  On August - 04 birth of jess Thomas, American tenor (d. 1993)  

1928  Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) was born on August - 04.  

1928  Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history birth of yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)  

1929  Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (d. 1987) was born on August - 04.  

1930  David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader was born on this day in history.  

1930  John Gorman, printer/socialist historian was born on this day in history.  

1930  Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian shia cleric was born on this day in history.  

1931  Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's) was born on August - 04.  

1933  Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) was born on August - 04.  

1933  Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) was born on August - 04.  

1934  On August - 04 birth of dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)  

1934  On this day in history birth of jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita  

1934  Rutger Kopland, [Rutger van den Hoofdakker], Dutch poet was born on August - 04.  

1936  On August - 04 birth of elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters)  

1936  Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker was born on August - 04.  

1937  On this day in history birth of david Vickerman Bedford, composer  

1937  Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, S Afr attorney/CP parliament leader was born on August - 04.  

1938  Ellen Schrecker, American college professor was born on August - 04.  

1939  Frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise) was born on this day in history.  

1939  Frank Vincent, American actor was born on August - 04.  

1940  On August - 04 birth of karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities)  

1940  Rosemarie "Timi" Yuro, US singer (Hurt) was born on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history birth of abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia  

1941  Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960) was born on August - 04.  

1941  On this day in history birth of ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio)  

1941  Martin Jarvis, English actor was born on August - 04.  

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.  

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

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.  

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.