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

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

1987  FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history 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  Hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on this day in history.   

1988  Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.   

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  Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1993  On August - 04 bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies   

1994  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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  Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire on August - 04.   

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  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 August - 04.   

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

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  On August - 04 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 August - 04.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.