Page 7: 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 this day in history.   

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

1984  On August - 04 republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)   

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

1984  On this day in history edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack   

1985  On this day in history zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65   

1987  On this day in history fCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters   

1987  On August - 04 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  Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case on August - 04.   

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

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

1992  Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 on August - 04.   

1993  On August - 04 bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies   

1994  Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69 on August - 04.   

1995  On this day in history dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87   

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

1996  Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1997  On August - 04 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  On this day in history the 92nd World Congress of Esperanto is held in Yokohama, Japan.   

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

2007  On this day in history the Phoenix spacecraft launches toward the Martian north pole.   

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

2012  45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen on August - 04.   

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

2014  Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire on August - 04.   

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  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 August - 04.   

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

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

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

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

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 August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.   

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.