Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day in 1181, a Supernova was seen in Cassiopia. The Battle at Evesham was fought on this day in 1265, in which English Prince Edward defeated Simon de Montfort the Younger. In 1347 on this day, English troops conquered Ft Calais. On this day in 1351, there was a sea battle at Zwartewaal, when Willem V defeated Hoeksen & the English. In 1558 on this day, the first printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah). The Battle of Alcazarquivir was fought on this day in 1578, when the Moroccans defeated the Portuguese, with 10,000 killed. London's head office of Hanze closed on this day in 1598. Johan Mauritius was appointed Governor of Dutch Brazil on this day in 1636, A massive hurricane struck Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher on this day in 1666, with thousands killed. A sea battle between Netherlands & England was fought on this day in 1666. This is the date in 1693 traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne. The French garrison surrendered to Willem III on this day in 1695. On this day in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupied Gibraltar. Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia escaped to England on this day in 1730. Freedom of the press was established on this day in 1735 in the colonies after a jury acquittal of John Peter Zenger, who had been defended by Andrew Hamilton.The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous." George Washington became a Master Mason on this day in 1753. Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the first circus on this day in 1777.
Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen of 1789/ La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789
During the early days of the French Revolution, the Assemblée nationale officially ended feudal system on this day in 1789. The Revenue Cutter Service was formed on this day in 1790. This U.S. naval task force was the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Treaty of Sistova was signed on this day in 1791, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. "The Saturday Evening Post" was published for the first time as a weekly on this day in 1821. It would run until 1969. The Battle of Kos was fought on this day in 1824 between the Ottomans and the Greeks. Plans for the city of Chicago were laid out on this day in 1830. The Hinomaru was established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships on this day in 1854. John Bartlett published "Familiar Quotations" on this day in 1855. On this day in 1862, the US government collected its first income tax. There was land & naval action during the American Civil War at Brazos Santiago, Texas, on this day in 1864. On this day in 1870, the British Red Cross Society was formed. In 1873 on this day during the Indian Wars. whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashed for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed). Pope Leo XIII published encyclical Aeterni Patris on this day in 1879. It was 50°C (122°F) in Seville, Spain, on this day in 1881, marking a European record. On this day in 1884, Thomas Stevens became the first person to bicycle across the United States. He later bicycled around the world. Colombia adopted a constitution on this day in 1886. Queen Wilhelmina & Emma opened the Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on this day in 1892. In 1892 on this day, Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden was arrested after
Germany declared war on Belgium and, in turn, Britain then declared war on Germany, while the United States maintained it's neutrality. Anne Frank was captured. The bodies of three civil rights workers were discovered. Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy into existence. A revolution broke out in Burkina Faso. OPEC reduced oil production by 20%. In 1996, the South Africa got it's first ever gold medal won by a black man, and twelve years later for South Africa, Oscar Pistorius became the first amputee to compete in the Olympics.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
1948 - 5 day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America's poll tax
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1953 - Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
1953 - Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0
1954 - Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning
1954 - The Government of Pakistan approves the National Anthem, written by Hafeez Jullundhry and composed by Ahmed G. Chagla.
1954 - The uranium rush began in Saskatchewan, Canada.
1955 - Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters
1956 - 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph)
1956 - Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog"
1956 - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
1956 - William Herz became the first person to race a motorcycle over 200 miles per hour. He was clocked at 210 mph.
1957 - Florence Chadwick set a world record by swimming the English Channel in 6 hours and 7 minutes. 1957 - Juan Fangio won his final auto race and captured the world auto driving championship. It was his the fifth consecutive year to win.
1958 - The first potato flake plant was completed in Grand Forks, ND.
1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool."
1958 - Dumont TV Network crumbles
1959 - "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 perfs
1960 - Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH
1961 - 108°F, Spokane, WA
1961 - 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000)
1962 - Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1964 - The bodies of three civil-rights workers were found six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson The bodies of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, were discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam
1964 - North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
1965 - Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1967 - 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934)
1967 - British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
1967 - Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago)
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open
1968 - WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
1969 - Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium
1970 - Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1971 - US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1972 - Arthur Bremer was found guilty of shooting George Wallace, the governor of Alabama. Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison.
1974 - Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor
1974 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1975 - Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a Congressional measure that established the Department of Energy.
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Italian government of Cossiga begins
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - -11] Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas & Caribbean
1980 - John & Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy"
1980 - Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills
1981 - Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission
1981 - Oliver North is assigned to White House duty
1982 - NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1983 - Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1983 - Revolution in Burkina Faso
1983 - While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull
1983 - New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield threw a baseball during warm-ups and accidentally killed a seagull. After the game, Toronto police arrested him for "causing unnecessary suffering to an animal." 1984 - Carl Lewis won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
1984 - Upper Volta, an African republic, changed its name to Burkina Faso.
1984 - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
1984 - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1984 - Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Faso (National Day)
1985 - "Dreamgirls" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances
1985 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985 - Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10
1985 - Rod Carew, is 16th to get 3,000 hits
1985 - Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Soxbecame the 17th player to earn his 300th victory, beating the Yankees to do it.
1985 - Rod Carew of the California angels got his 3,000th major league hit.
1986 - The United States Football League called off its 1986 season. This was after winning only token damages in its antitrust lawsuit against the National Football League.
1986 - OPEC lowers oil production 20%
1987 - At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
1987 - FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters
1987 - The Fairness Doctrine was rescinded by the Federal Communications Commission. The doctrine had required that radio and TV stations present controversial issues in a balanced fashion.
1987 - A new 22-cent U.S. stamp honoring noted author William Faulkner, went on sale in Oxford, MS. Faulkner had been fired as postmaster of that same post office in 1924.
1988 - Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
1988 - Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
1989 - Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani offered to assist end the hostage crisis in Lebanon.
1989 - Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by NY Yankee Roberto Kelly
1990 - 95.5°F (35.3°C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth)
1990 - The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich Kuwait.
1991 - The Oceanos, a Greek luxury liner, sank off of South Africa's southeast coast. All of the 402 passengers and 179 crewmembers survived.
1991 - 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500
1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1993 - Angolese air force bombs Huambo
1993 - Rwandian Hutu's & Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha
1993 - Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits
1994 - Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered
1994 - Howard Stern drops out of NY gubernatorial race
1994 - Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway
1994 - Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs. The border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia was sealed.
1995 - Darryl Strawberry joins the NY Yankees
1995 - Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
1996 - 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies
1996 - 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1996 - J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, & N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame
1996 - Josia Thugwane won a gold medal after finishing first in the marathon. He became the first black South African to win a gold medal.
1997 - Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS (United Parcel Service). The strikers eventually won an increase in full-time positions and defeated a proposed reorganization of the company's pension plan.
1997 - "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV
1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
2002 - Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
2005 - Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th — and first black — Governor General.
2006 - Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and is replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who is sworn in on 23 August.
2007 - NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched.
2009 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year.
2010 - California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, was overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.
2012 - 45 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen
2012 - South African Oscar Pistorius becomes first amputee to compete at the Olympics
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/aug04.htm
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