Historical Events In August - 04

1930  On August - 04 child labor laws estralished in Belgium  

1930  On August - 04 david M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader  

1930  On this day in history siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61  

1931  On this day in history narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)  

1931  On this day in history daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies  

1933  Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) on this day in history.  

1934  NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4 on this day in history.  

1934  Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on this day in history.  

1936  On August - 04 ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece  

1936  Elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters) on this day in history.  

1936  Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78 on August - 04.  

1937  David Vickerman Bedford, composer on August - 04.  

1938  Ellen Schrecker, American college professor on this day in history.  

1938  L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1939  On August - 04 frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)  

1940  On this day in history karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities)  

1940  Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd)  

1942  On August - 04 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz  

1942  Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1943  British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada on this day in history.  

1944  Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis on August - 04.  

1944  Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified on August - 04.  

1945  Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season on August - 04.  

1946  1946 Dominican Republic earthquake: an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless on this day in history.  

1947  On August - 04 birthdate of the Medical Service Corps  

1947  On August - 04 the Supreme Court of Japan is established.  

1948  On August - 04 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax  

1948  5 day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America's poll tax on August - 04.  

1949  NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association on this day in history.  

1953  On August - 04 black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago  

1954  Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning on August - 04.  

1955  On this day in history eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters  

1956  On August - 04 first motorcycle driven over 200 mph  

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

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  On August - 04 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  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.  

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1113  On this day in history 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  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)  

1430  On this day in history 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