Historical Events In August - 04

1984  On August - 04 edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack   

1984  Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure on August - 04.   

1984  Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks on this day in history.   

1984  Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) on August - 04.   

1984  Walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema on August - 04.   

1984  Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack on August - 04.   

1985  On August - 04 zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65   

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1988  Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.   

1990  European community proposes a boycott of Iraq on August - 04.   

1991  Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93   

1993  Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies on this day in history.   

1994  On August - 04 giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69   

1995  Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87 on August - 04.   

1996  On August - 04 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia   

1996  On August - 04 geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59   

1997  On this day in history jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122   

2007  Smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia on August - 04.   

2007  The 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan on August - 04.   

2007  On August - 04 the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales.   

2007  On August - 04 the Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.   

2007  On this day in history a UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.   

2012  On this day in history 45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen   

2013  On August - 04 hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran   

2014  Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire on this day in history.   

2017  Rwandan President Paul Kagame wins a third term with 98.63% of the vote on this day in history.   

2017  Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after chemical fipronil found in eggs from The Netherlands on August - 04.   

2018  On this day in history 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   

2018  President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survives an assassination attempt by drone, live on TV on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history 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.   

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

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

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1664  On August - 04 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On August - 04 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  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

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.