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  Dumont TV Network crumbles on August - 04.   

1959  On August - 04 "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 perfs   

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 this day in history.   

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

1961  On August - 04 spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit   

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

1962  On this day in history nelson Mandela captured by South African police   

1963  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam   

1965  On this day in history cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand   

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 August - 04.   

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 this day in history willie Stargell is first to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium   

1970  Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness on this day in history.   

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

1971  On August - 04 uS launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft   

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

1973  On August - 04 eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68   

1974  Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor on August - 04.   

1975  John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop   

1977  Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy on August - 04.   

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

1981  On August - 04 columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission   

1981  Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80 on August - 04.   

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

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

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

1984  On August - 04 carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

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

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.