Page 5: Historical Events In August - 04

1930  Child labor laws estralished in Belgium on August - 04.   

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

1930  Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1931  Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's) on this day in history.   

1931  Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 04 nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)   

1934  NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4 on August - 04.   

1934  Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on August - 04.   

1936  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1938  On August - 04 ellen Schrecker, American college professor   

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

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

1940  Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities) on this day in history.   

1940  On August - 04 vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies   

1941  Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd) on August - 04.   

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

1942  Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 on August - 04.   

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

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

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

1945  Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season on this day in history.   

1946  On August - 04 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake: an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.   

1947  On August - 04 birthdate of the Medical Service Corps   

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

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

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

1949  On this day in history nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

1953  On this day in history black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago   

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

1955  Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters on August - 04.   

1956  First motorcycle driven over 200 mph on August - 04.   

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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On August - 04 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  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history 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