Page 5: Historical Events In August - 04

1930  Child labor laws estralished in Belgium on August - 04.   

1930  On this day in history david M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader   

1930  On this day in history siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61   

1931  On August - 04 narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)   

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

1933  Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)   

1936  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

1937  On August - 04 david Vickerman Bedford, composer   

1938  Ellen Schrecker, American college professor on August - 04.   

1938  L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 04 frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)   

1940  Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities) on this day in history.   

1940  Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies on this day in history.   

1941  Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd) on August - 04.   

1942  On this day in history 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz   

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

1943  On this day in history british premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada   

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

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 this day in history 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  On August - 04 birthdate of the Medical Service Corps   

1947  On this day in history the Supreme Court of Japan is established.   

1948  On this day in history 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  On this day in history black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago   

1954  On August - 04 boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning   

1955  On August - 04 eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters   

1956  First motorcycle driven over 200 mph on August - 04.   

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

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

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

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

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  On August - 04 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 this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.