Page 7: Historical Events In August - 04

1984  Edmon Ryan actor, dies at 79 of a heart attack on August - 04.   

1984  Mary Miles Minter silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure on this day in history.   

1984  Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks on August - 04.   

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

1984  On August - 04 walter Burke actor, dies at 75 of emphysema   

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  On this day in history kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56   

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  On this day in history hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case   

1990  On August - 04 european community proposes a boycott of Iraq   

1991  On August - 04 nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80   

1992  On August - 04 frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93   

1993  On this day in history bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies   

1994  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1995  On August - 04 dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87   

1996  On this day in history 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Georgia   

1996  Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1997  Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122 on August - 04.   

2007  On August - 04 smoking in public places is banned in Slovenia.   

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

2007  The National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Mold, Flintshire, Wales on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2013  Hassan Rouhani is inaugurated as the President of Iran on August - 04.   

2014  On this day in history hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire   

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

2017  On this day in history 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.   

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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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  On August - 04 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 August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On August - 04 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  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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