What are the important events that happened on August 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 4 is the 217th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 22, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,712,160 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecaheptagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 178 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,244 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 4 Historical Events
1327 –
First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
1704 –
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1863 –
Matica slovenská, Slovakia’s public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
1906 –
Central Railway Station, Sydney opens.
1916 –
World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
1944 –
The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
1984 –
The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1993 –
A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.
2006 –
A massacre, is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
2007 –
NASA’s Phoenix spaceship is launched.
Who were born on August 4?
1901 –
Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1902 –
Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1915 –
Warren Avis, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1962 –
Roger Clemens, American baseball player
1964 –
Gary King, British radio presenter
1969 –
Mark Bickley, Australian AFL football player
1979 –
Robin Peterson, South African cricketer
1980 –
Richard Dawson, English cricketer
1985 –
Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
1988 –
Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress
Who died on August 4?
1265 –
Killed in the Battle of Evesham: Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)
1265 –
Killed in the Battle of Evesham: Peter de Montfort (b. c. 1215)
1578 –
Thomas Stukley, English adventurer (b. c. 1520)
1612 –
Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)
1718 –
René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French lord-founder of the town of Rimouski in New France (b. 1656)
1778 –
Pierre de Rigaud, French colonial governor in North America (b. 1698)
1985 –
Don Whillans, British mountaineer (b. 1933)
1996 –
Geoff Hamilton, British gardener and broadcaster (b. 1936)
1999 –
Rodney Ansell, Australian who was the inspiration for Crocodile Dundee (b. 1953)
2001 –
Lorenzo Music, American actor (b. 1937)
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