Historical Events In August - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1858 On August - 04 first trans-Atlantic cable completed
1859 On this day in history knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
1862 On this day in history uS govt collects its 1st income tax
1864 On this day in history land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
1870 British Red Cross Society forms on August - 04.
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).
1873 On August - 04 damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War
1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.
1879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on August - 04.
1881 122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.
1881 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.
1886 Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.
1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.
1889 On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
1890 Erich Weinert, writer on this day in history.
1891 George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England on this day in history.
1891 George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.
1892 On this day in history sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass
1892 Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on this day in history.
1892 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on August - 04.
1897 Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on August - 04.
1897 On August - 04 joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)
1900 The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on August - 04.
1900 On August - 04 arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
1900 On this day in history the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother
1901 On this day in history louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)
1902 On August - 04 the Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
1903 On August - 04 cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
1903 On August - 04 helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)
1904 On August - 04 theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)
1904 On this day in history arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
1905 On August - 04 michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator
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