Page 6: Historical Events In August - 04

1956  1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history dumont TV Network crumbles   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 perfs on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 04 rocket propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH   

1960  Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH on August - 04.   

1961  108ø F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.   

1961  Spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit on this day in history.   

1961  108°F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.   

1962  Nelson Mandela captured by South African police on August - 04.   

1963  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open on August - 04.   

1964  On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi   

1964  Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam on August - 04.   

1965  Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand on August - 04.   

1967  On August - 04 british pirate radio station Radio 355 goes off the air   

1967  34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934) on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 04 peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies   

1968  100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif on August - 04.   

1969  On August - 04 willie Stargell is first to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium   

1970  On August - 04 jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness   

1971  The US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft on this day in history.   

1971  US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft on August - 04.   

1973  On this day in history eddie Condon jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68   

1973  On this day in history eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68   

1974  On August - 04 crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor   

1975  On August - 04 john Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57   

1976  On this day in history enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop   

1977  On this day in history pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy   

1977  On this day in history emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92   

1981  Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80   

1981  On this day in history oliver North is assigned to White House duty   

1981  Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1983  On August - 04 italy elects first socialist prime minister since 1946   

1984  Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics 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  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  On this day in history 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 August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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

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

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

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

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 August - 04 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