This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
08/04/1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer 
08/04/1664 Louis Lully, composer 
08/04/1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz 
08/04/1705 Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer 
08/04/1731 Giuseppe Colla, composer 
08/04/1748 Maximilian Stadler, composer 
08/04/1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) 
08/04/1776 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Prol‚gomŠnes) 
08/04/1776 Wenzel Sedlak, composer 
08/04/1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) 
08/04/1799 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer 
08/04/1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 
08/04/1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) 
08/04/1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 
08/04/1832 Gaspar N£¤ez de Arce, Spain, poet 'Spanish Tennyson' 
08/04/1839 Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) 
08/04/1843 Flor van Duyse, composer 
08/04/1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer 
08/04/1859 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) 
08/04/1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin) 
08/04/1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War 
08/04/1881 Guy de PourtalŠs, Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche & Italy) 
08/04/1883 Ren‚ 'Sascha' Schickele, German writer/founder (Strmer) 
08/04/1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer 
08/04/1892 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer 
08/04/1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) 
08/04/1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) 
08/04/1900 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch) 
08/04/1900 Elizabeth, Britain's Queen Mother 
08/04/1903 Helen Kane, [Schroeder], US singer/actress (Good Boy) 
08/04/1904 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography) 
08/04/1906 Marie-Jos‚ von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess 
08/04/1909 Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner in the 1930's 
08/04/1910 William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Julliard) 
08/04/1912 David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times) 
08/04/1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews) 
08/04/1913 Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonian, Loving) 
08/04/1914 Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter 
08/04/1915 Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show) 
08/04/1920 Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences) 
08/04/1921 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947) 
08/04/1923 Arthur Butterworth, composer 
08/04/1928 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 
08/04/1930 David MG Curry, South african Labour Party parliament leader 
08/04/1933 Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952) 
08/04/1933 Rudi van Dantzig, choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) 
08/04/1934 Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) 
08/04/1934 Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita 
08/04/1934 Rutger Kopland, [R of the Hoofdakker], poet 
08/04/1935 Micha‰l Slory, Suriname poet (Bitter Combat) 
08/04/1937 David Vickerman Bedford, composer 
08/04/1937 Jacobus H 'Chose' van de Merwe, S Afr attorney/CP parliament leader 
08/04/1939 Frankie Ford, Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise) 
08/04/1940 Rosemarie 'Timi' Yuro, US singer (Hurt) 
08/04/1941 Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960) 
08/04/1941 Ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio) 
08/04/1942 David Russell Lange, PM (L) New Zealand (1984-  ) 
08/04/1943 Michael J McCulley, San Diego Calif, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34) 
08/04/1943 Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics) 
08/04/1943 Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons

08/04/1944 Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian (How to be a Stand Up) 
08/04/1945 Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964) 
08/04/1946 Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr 
08/04/1948 James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983-  ) 
08/04/1949 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins) 
08/04/1951 Lane Evans, (Rep-D-IL, 1983-  ) 
08/04/1952 Bobby Buntrock, Denver Colo, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel) 
08/04/1952 Daniel Bautista, Mexico, 20k walker (Olympic-gold-1976) 
08/04/1952 Kristoffer Tabori, LA Calif, actor (Rappaccini's Daughter) 
08/04/1955 Andrew M Allen, Phila Pa, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62) 
08/04/1955 Charles D 'Sam' Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, 62) 
08/04/1957 Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey) 
08/04/1958 Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984 
08/04/1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71

08/04/1960 Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round) 
08/04/1962 Paul Williams, rocker (Flock of Seagulls) 
08/04/1962 Roger Clemens, Dayton Ohio, Boston Red Sox pitcher (Cy Young, MVP) 
08/04/1965 Crystal Chappell, Silver Spring Md, actress (Carly-Days of our Lives

08/04/1966 Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior) 
08/04/1967 Mike Marsh, US, 200m runner (Olympic-Gold-1992) 
08/04/1969 Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura) 
08/04/1972 Wesley Snipes, actor (Passenger 57) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
08/04/1060 Henry I, King of France (1060), dies at 27 
08/04/1204 Boniface of Montferrat, markgraaf of M, dies 
08/04/1265 Simon de Montfort, English baron, dies in battle 
08/04/1306 V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered 
08/04/1430 Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant, dies at 26 
08/04/1526 Juan Sebasti…n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies 
08/04/1566 Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies 
08/04/1584 John vanf Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 
08/04/1633 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 

08/04/1639 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 
08/04/1666 Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle 
08/04/1708 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77 
08/04/1712 Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 
08/04/1821 William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 8

08/04/1850 Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 
08/04/1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 
08/04/1875 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 
08/04/1889 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 
08/04/1891 George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41

08/04/1892 Abby Plates & Spouse, killed by Lizzie Borden(?) 
08/04/1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 
08/04/1915 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68 
08/04/1920 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54 
08/04/1922 Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician, dies at 41 
08/04/1925 Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies 
08/04/1930 Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61 
08/04/1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies 
08/04/1936 Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78 
08/04/1938 LH Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73 
08/04/1938 Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies 
08/04/1938 Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70 
08/04/1942 Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81 
08/04/1973 Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

08/04/1977 Emil Bloch, German philosopher, dies at 92 
08/04/1981 Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80 
08/04/1984 Edmon Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 
08/04/1984 Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star, dies at 82 of heart failure 
08/04/1984 Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema

08/04/1985 Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 
08/04/1991 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80 
08/04/1992 Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93 
08/04/1992 Ralph Cooper, creator of Amateur Night at the Apollo, dies of cancer

08/04/1993 Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies 
08/04/1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
08/04/1181 Supernova seen in Cassiopia 
08/04/1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon van Montfort 
08/04/1347 English troops conquer Ft Calais 
08/04/1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English 
08/04/1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah) 
08/04/1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese 
08/04/1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands di

08/04/1666 Sea battle between Netherlands & England 
08/04/1693 Dom Perignon invents champagne 
08/04/1695 French garrison of surrenders to Willem III 
08/04/1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious 
08/04/1735 libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press) 
08/04/1753 George Washington becomes a master mason 
08/04/1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus

08/04/1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system 
08/04/1790 US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service 
08/04/1821 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) 
08/04/1830 Plans for city of Chicago laid out 
08/04/1864 Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 
08/04/1881 122øF (50øC), Seville, Spain (European record) 
08/04/1886 Colombia adopts constitution 
08/04/1892 Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine 
08/04/1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 
08/04/1897 Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia 
08/04/1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X 
08/04/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #541 Deborah 
08/04/1910 A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie 
08/04/1914 German army executes, a Belgium priest, by firing squad 
08/04/1914 German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 
08/04/1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 
08/04/1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army 
08/04/1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War 
08/04/1916 US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million 
08/04/1917 Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers 
08/04/1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #954 Li 
08/04/1925 Col˜n Dutch govt, forms 
08/04/1925 US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation 
08/04/1926 H E Wood discovers asteroid #1663 van den Bos 
08/04/1926 S Belyavsk˜ discovers asteroid #1065 Amundsenia 
08/04/1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada opened 
08/04/1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich 
08/04/1929 M Wolf discovers asteroids #2373 & #3626 
08/04/1930 Child labor laws estralished in Belgium 
08/04/1934 NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-

08/04/1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 
08/04/1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US 
08/04/1942 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo 
08/04/1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons destroyed 
08/04/1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada 
08/04/1943 Russian units reach suburbs of Orel 
08/04/1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy 
08/04/1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 
08/04/1945 Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 
08/04/1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 
08/04/1949 NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 
08/04/1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 
08/04/1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0 
08/04/1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 
08/04/1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands 
08/04/1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles 
08/04/1960 Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH 
08/04/1961 108øF, Spokane, WA 
08/04/1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 
08/04/1967 British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air 
08/04/1967 Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago) 
08/04/1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif 
08/04/1968 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcastin

08/04/1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium 
08/04/1970 Asteroid #2993 discovered 
08/04/1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness 
08/04/1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2575 Bulgaria 
08/04/1971 US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 
08/04/1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 
08/04/1977 Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy 
08/04/1979 Italian govt of Cossiga begins 
08/04/1981 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission 
08/04/1981 Oliver North is assigned to white house duty 
08/04/1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy 
08/04/1983 L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #3063 Makhaon 
08/04/1983 Revolution in Burkina 
08/04/1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics 
08/04/1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR 
08/04/1984 Prince's 'Purple Rain,' album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks 
08/04/1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 
08/04/1985 Calif Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit 
08/04/1985 Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10 
08/04/1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 
08/04/1986 OPEC lowers oil production 20% 
08/04/1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters 
08/04/1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 
08/04/1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 
08/04/1990 95.5øF (35.3øC) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth) 
08/04/1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq 
08/04/1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo 
08/04/1993 Rwandian Hutu's & Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha 
08/04/1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched) 
  
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