Page 7: Historical Events In August - 04

1984  On August - 04 edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack   

1984  On this day in history mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure   

1984  On this day in history prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks   

1984  On August - 04 republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On August - 04 zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65   

1987  FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters on August - 04.   

1987  Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56 on August - 04.   

1988  On this day in history congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II   

1988  On August - 04 hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case   

1988  On August - 04 hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case   

1990  On this day in history european community proposes a boycott of Iraq   

1991  On this day in history nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80   

1992  On this day in history 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 August - 04 giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69   

1995  Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 on August - 04.   

1996  26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia on this day in history.   

1996  Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

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 August - 04.   

2007  On August - 04 the 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.   

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

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 August - 04.   

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

2013  Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran on this day in history.   

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  On August - 04 aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after chemical fipronil found in eggs from The Netherlands   

2018  On this day in history 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  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 on this day in history.   

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

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

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

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

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

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  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

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.