Page 7: Historical Events In August - 04

1984  Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1984  Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure on August - 04.   

1984  Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks on August - 04.   

1984  Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema   

1984  Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack on August - 04.   

1985  Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1987  On August - 04 fCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters   

1987  On August - 04 kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56   

1988  Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II on August - 04.   

1988  On this day in history hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case   

1988  Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on this day in history.   

1990  European community proposes a boycott of Iraq on August - 04.   

1991  Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1992  On August - 04 frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93   

1993  On this day in history bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies   

1994  On this day in history giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69   

1995  Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1996  On August - 04 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia   

1996  On this day in history geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59   

1997  Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122 on August - 04.   

2007  Smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history the 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.   

2007  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales on this day in history.   

2007  The Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole on August - 04.   

2007  A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on this day in history.   

2012  On August - 04 45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen   

2013  Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran on August - 04.   

2014  Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 04 rwandan President Paul Kagame wins a third term with 98.63% of the vote   

2017  Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after chemical fipronil found in eggs from The Netherlands on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 04 super Rugby Final, AMI Stadium, Christchurch: Canterbury Crusaders successfully defend title with 37-18 home win against the Lions from Johannesburg; Crusaders' 9th SR title   

2018  On this day in history president Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV   

2019  On August - 04 cairo bombing: A car crashes into three other cars causing an explosion outside the National Cancer Institute Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 20 people and injuring 47 others.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1306  On this day in history 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  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded