Page 5: Historical Events In August - 04

1930  On this day in history child labor laws estralished in Belgium   

1930  David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader on this day in history.   

1930  Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61 on August - 04.   

1931  On this day in history narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)   

1931  Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies on August - 04.   

1933  On August - 04 nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)   

1934  On this day in history nY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4   

1934  Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on this day in history.   

1936  On August - 04 ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece   

1936  Elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters) on this day in history.   

1936  Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1937  On August - 04 david Vickerman Bedford, composer   

1938  On this day in history ellen Schrecker, American college professor   

1938  On August - 04 l H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73   

1939  On this day in history frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)   

1940  Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities) on August - 04.   

1940  On August - 04 vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies   

1941  Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd) on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 04 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz   

1942  Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1943  British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada on August - 04.   

1944  Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis on this day in history.   

1944  Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified on August - 04.   

1945  On August - 04 golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season   

1946  On August - 04 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake: an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.   

1947  Birthdate of the Medical Service Corps on August - 04.   

1947  The Supreme Court of Japan is established on August - 04.   

1948  On August - 04 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax   

1948  5 day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America's poll tax on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

1953  Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago on this day in history.   

1954  Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning on this day in history.   

1955  Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history first motorcycle driven over 200 mph   

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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 this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded