Historical Events In August - 04

1984  Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 04 edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack   

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

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 this day in history.   

1988  On August - 04 congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II   

1988  On this day in history hertz car rental to pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case   

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

1990  On August - 04 european community proposes a boycott of Iraq   

1991  On August - 04 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  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  On this day in history 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia   

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

1997  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

2007  On August - 04 the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales.   

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

2007  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

2017  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

2018  On August - 04 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 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 this day in history.   

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1222  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

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  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 August - 04.