Page 4: Historical Events In August - 04

1906  On this day in history marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess   

1908  On August - 04 kurt Eichhorn, conductor   

1909  On this day in history ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment   

1909  On this day in history glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's)   

1910  On August - 04 a's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie   

1910  On August - 04 william H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)   

1912  On August - 04 david Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)   

1913  Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving) on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 04 australia pledges a force of 20,000 to be placed at Britain's disposal   

1914  Britain declares war on Germany on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on Belgium   

1914  German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice on August - 04.   

1914  On this day in history rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter   

1915  Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show) on August - 04.   

1915  On August - 04 richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68   

1916  US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million on August - 04.   

1916  Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million on August - 04.   

1917  Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers on this day in history.   

1919  D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies on this day in history.   

1920  Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences) on this day in history.   

1920  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 04 maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)   

1922  Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team on August - 04.   

1922  On August - 04 enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40   

1923  Arthur Butterworth, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On August - 04 uS marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation   

1925  On this day in history 1st Dutch Colijn govt forms   

1925  On August - 04 alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies   

1927  On this day in history peace Bridge between US & Canada opened   

1927  Peace Bridge between US & Canada opens on this day in history.   

1927  John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1928  On August - 04 udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)   

1929  On August - 04 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich   

1929  On August - 04 yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

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

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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 August - 04.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

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