Historical Events In August - 04
Friday, 29 March 2024
1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.
1858 First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.
1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on this day in history.
1862 On August - 04 uS govt collects its 1st income tax
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 On August - 04 harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)
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 August - 04.
1875 On this day in history 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 August - 04.
1886 Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.
1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.
1889 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.
1890 On this day in history erich Weinert, writer
1891 George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England on this day in history.
1891 On August - 04 george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on August - 04.
1892 On this day in history queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine
1892 On August - 04 johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
1897 On this day in history henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) on August - 04.
1900 On this day in history 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.
1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother
1901 On August - 04 louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)
1902 The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on this day in history.
1903 On August - 04 cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
1903 On this day in history helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)
1904 Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) on August - 04.
1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1905 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator on this day in history.
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