Historical Events In August - 04

1984  Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack on August - 04.  

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

1984  Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema on August - 04.  

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

1985  On this day in history zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65  

1987  On this day in history 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  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  European community proposes a boycott of Iraq on this day in history.  

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  Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies on August - 04.  

1994  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on August - 04.  

1995  On this day in history dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87  

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

1996  On August - 04 geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59  

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

2007  On August - 04 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 August - 04.  

2007  On this day in history the Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.  

2007  On August - 04 a UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.  

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

2013  On August - 04 hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran  

2014  On this day in history hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire  

2017  Rwandan President Paul Kagame wins a third term with 98.63% of the vote on August - 04.  

2017  Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after chemical fipronil found in eggs from The Netherlands on August - 04.  

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 this day in history 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 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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.  

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)  

1604  On August - 04 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 August - 04.  

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)  

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

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle  

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26  

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded