Page 7: Historical Events In August - 04
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1984 On August - 04 edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack
1984 Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure on August - 04.
1984 On this day in history prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1984 On this day in history republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)
1984 On this day in history walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema
1984 On this day in history edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
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 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II on this day in history.
1988 Hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.
1988 On this day in history 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 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 Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69
1995 On August - 04 dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
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 this day in history.
2007 On this day in history smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia.
2007 On this day in history 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 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 On August - 04 hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire
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 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 on this day in history.
2018 On August - 04 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 August - 04.