Historical Events In August - 04

1956  1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) on this day in history.   

1958  Dumont TV Network crumbles on August - 04.   

1959  "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 perfs on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 04 rocket propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH   

1960  Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH on this day in history.   

1961  108ø F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 04 spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit   

1961  On this day in history 108°F, Spokane, WA   

1962  Nelson Mandela captured by South African police on August - 04.   

1963  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open   

1964  On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi   

1964  Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam on August - 04.   

1965  Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand on August - 04.   

1967  British pirate radio station Radio 355 goes off the air on August - 04.   

1967  On this day in history 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934)   

1967  Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies on August - 04.   

1968  On August - 04 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif   

1969  On August - 04 willie Stargell is first to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium   

1970  On this day in history jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness   

1971  On this day in history the US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft   

1971  US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft on this day in history.   

1973  Eddie Condon jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68 on August - 04.   

1973  Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor   

1975  John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1976  Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop on August - 04.   

1977  Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy on August - 04.   

1977  On August - 04 emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92   

1981  On this day in history columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission   

1981  Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80 on August - 04.   

1981  On this day in history oliver North is assigned to White House duty   

1981  On this day in history melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80   

1983  On August - 04 italy elects first socialist prime minister since 1946   

1984  Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics on this day in history.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

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