Page 4: Historical Events In August - 04

1906  Marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess on August - 04.   

1908  Kurt Eichhorn, conductor on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 04 ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment   

1909  Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history a's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie   

1910  On this day in history william H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)   

1912  On August - 04 david Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)   

1913  On August - 04 wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving)   

1914  Australia pledges a force of 20,000 to be placed at Britain's disposal on August - 04.   

1914  On August - 04 britain declares war on Germany   

1914  On August - 04 germany declares war on Belgium   

1914  German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice on this day in history.   

1914  Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show)   

1915  On August - 04 richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68   

1916  On this day in history uS agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million   

1916  On August - 04 denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million   

1917  Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers on August - 04.   

1919  D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 04 helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)   

1920  On August - 04 vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54   

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

1922  Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team on August - 04.   

1922  On August - 04 enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40   

1923  Arthur Butterworth, composer on August - 04.   

1925  On this day in history uS marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation   

1925  On this day in history 1st Dutch Colijn govt forms   

1925  Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies on August - 04.   

1927  Peace Bridge between US & Canada opened on this day in history.   

1927  Peace Bridge between US & Canada opens on August - 04.   

1927  On August - 04 john Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75   

1928  Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) on this day in history.   

1929  60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich on this day in history.   

1929  Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization) on this day in history.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

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

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

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

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