The 4t o August is the 216t day o the year (217t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 149 days ti come.
Events 1532: Banner o Breetany 1906 : Sydney Central Railwey Station1979: Banner o the Cook Islands 2020: Damage frae the massive splosion in Beirut , Lebanon 1265 - Battle o Evesham: Then-Prince Edward (later Edward I o Ingland ) defeats forces o rebellious barons led bi Simon de Montfort, 6t Yerl o Leicester.
1532 - The Duchy o Breetany is unitit tae the Kinrick o Fraunce .
1704 - War o the Spaingie Succession : An Inglis an Dutch fleet capturs Gibraltar .
1845 - Breetish emigrant ship "Cataraqui" runs agroond on King Island naur Tasmanie , killin 399 fowk, wi juist 9 survivin.
1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the offeecial banner tae be flown on Japanese ships.
1906 - The Central Railway Station in Sydney , Australie , opens.
1914 - Stairt o Warld War I : The Breetish Empire an Belgium declare war on Germany .
1944 - Jewish diarist Anne Frank an her faimily are foond at their secret annex in Amsterdam an arrested bi the Gestapo .
1946 - A yirdquauk hits the Dominican Republic , killin 100 fowk.
1947 - The Supreme Court o Japan is established.
1965 - The Cook Islands get self-determination in free association wi New Zealand .
1979 - The Cook Islands introduce a new banner.
1983 - Thomas Sankara taks pouer in Upper Volta.
1984 - Upper Volta is renamed Burkina Faso .
1996 - End o the 1996 Simmer Olympics in Atlanta .
1997 - Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment dees as the auldest-recordit person ever, at 122 year, 164 days auld.
2000 - Celebrations tak place in the Unitit Kinrick tae mairk the 100t birthday o Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , the Queen Mither.
2006 - Scots politeecian Tommy Sheridan wins his defamation case agin the News of the World newspaper.
2007 - Slovenie bans smokin in public places.
2007 - NASA 's "Phoenix" spacecraft is launched.
2009 - Umwhile US Preses Bill Clinton traivels tae North Korea tae secure the release o twa journalists.
2012 - 2012 Simmer Olympics in Lunnon : "Super Saiturday" - Great Breetain wins 6 gowd medals on its maist successfu day in Olympic histerie, incluidin three in less nor an hour in the Olympic Stadium, won bi Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg Rutherford an Mo Farah .
2019 - A mass shuitin in Dayton, Ohio leaves ten fowk, incluidin the shooter, deed.
2019 - A splosion in Cairo kills 20 fowk.
2020 - 2020 Beirut explosions : Twa splosions occur in the port o Beirut , Lebanon at a warehoose storin ammonium nitrate; the seicont o these kills at least 220 fowk, injures 6,000, maks up tae 300,000 hameless, hivily damages mony biggins an destroys the entire port.
Births Louis Armstrong Barack Obama 1521 - Pape Urban VII (d. 1590)
1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, Inglis poet (d. 1822)
1792 - Edward Irving, Scots clergyman (d. 1834)
1805 - William Rowan Hamilton, Erse mathemateecian (d. 1865)
1859 - Knut Hamsun , Norse writer (d. 1952)
1870 - Harry Lauder , Scots sangster an comedian (d. 1950)
1900 - Nabi Tajima , Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2018)
1900 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , Queen Mither o the Unitit Kinrick (d. 2002 )
1901 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1971)
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg , Swadish diplomat (d. in or efter 1947 )
1942 - David Lange, Prime meenister o New Zealand (d. 2005 )
1952 - Moya Brennan, Erse sangster
1955 - Alberto Gonzales, umwhile Unitit States Attorney General
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, American actor an writer
1957 - John Wark, Scots fitbawer
1960 - Bobby Connor, Scots fitbawer
1960 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, umwhile Prime meenister o Spain
1961 - Pumpuang Duangjan , Thai sangster (d. 1992)
1961 - Barack Obama , 44t Preses o the Unitit States
1962 - Lori Lightfoot , American politeecian, 56t Mayor o Chicago
1965 - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swadish politeecian
1977 - Marek Heinz, Czech fitbawer
1981 - Meghan, Coontess o Dumbairton , American-born actress an Breetish ryal
1984 - Jamie Ewings, Scots fitbawer
1991 - Graeme Shinnie, Scots fitbawer
1993 - Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Scots rugby union player
Daiths 1060 - Henry I o Fraunce (b. 1008)
1265 - Simon de Montfort, 6t Yerl o Leicester
1865 - William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Scots lawyer an poet (b. 1913 )
1875 - Hans Christian Andersen , Dens author (b. 1805)
1922 - Enver Pasha, Turkish politeecian (b. 1891 )
1962 - Marilyn Monroe , American actress (b. 1926 )
1997 - Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian, auldest recordit person ever (b. 1875)
2012 - Jimmy Thomson, Scots fitbawer (b. 1937 )
2014 - James Brady , White House Press Secretar (b. 1940 )
2017 - Chuck Hay, Scots curler (b. 1930 )
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