Page 7: Historical Events In August - 04

1984  On this day in history edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack   

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

1984  Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema on this day in history.   

1984  Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1985  Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 on August - 04.   

1987  On this day in history fCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters   

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  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 August - 04 european community proposes a boycott of Iraq   

1991  Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80 on August - 04.   

1992  On this day in history 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  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1997  On August - 04 jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122   

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

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

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  On August - 04 hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran   

2014  On August - 04 hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire   

2017  On this day in history 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  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  President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV on this day in history.   

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  On August - 04 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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.