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What Happened on August 4th This Day in History

Year	Name
2020	At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon.
2019	Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed.[5]
2018	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign.
2007	NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.
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).
1995	Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
1987	The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
1984	The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1977	U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1975	The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1974	A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
1972	Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians.
1969	Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
1965	The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
1964	Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1964	Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1947	The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1946	An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
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.
1944	The Finnish Parliament, by derogation, elected Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as President of Finland to replace Risto Ryti, who had resigned.
1936	Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
1924	Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
1915	World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
1914	World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
1892	The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
1889	The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
1873	American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
1863	Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
1854	The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1821	The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1796	French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
1791	The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
1790	A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
1789	France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.
1783	Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
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.
1701	Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
1693	Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
1578	Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
1327	First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
1265	Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
598	Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.

Famous People Born on August 4

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Year	Name
1755	Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)
1978	Agnė Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter
1985	Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
1910	Anita Page, American actress (d. 2008)
1899	Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)
1978	Siri Nordby, Norwegian footballer
1964	Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician
1987	Marreese Speights American basketball player
1976	Paul Goldstein, American tennis player
1958	Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic

Famous People Deaths On August 4

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Date	Name
1976	Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)
1718	René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
1822	Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
1859	John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
1958	Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
1886	Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
1919	Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
2013	Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)
1578	Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
1741	Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)