What happened this day in history August 4

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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