Historical Events In August - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 this day in history.
1984 On August - 04 prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1984 On August - 04 republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)
1984 Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1985 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1987 On August - 04 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 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 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80 on August - 04.
1992 Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 on August - 04.
1993 Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies on August - 04.
1994 On August - 04 giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69
1995 Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1996 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia on August - 04.
1996 Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 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 Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran on this day in history.
2014 On August - 04 hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire
2017 On August - 04 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 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 August - 04.
2018 President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV on this day in history.
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.