August 04 in History – What happened on 04 August in Past

✅ Published on August 4th, 2021 in August in History

04 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History

According to Gregory calendar, on August 04, the day number in a year is 216 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 217. August 04 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

August 04 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡

Year	Event / Incidence / Incident
70	First Jewish–Roman War-The Roman army, led by the futureEmperor Titus, conquered the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the SecondTemple.
1265	Second Barons' War-Royal forces under Prince Edward defeatedBaronial forces under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester at theBattle of Evesham near Evesham, Worcestershire.
1327	First War of Scottish Independence-James Douglas led a raidinto Weardale and almost killed Edward III of England.
1730	Crown Prince Frederick of Persia survived forcefully from England.
1735	The jury accused John Zanger NY Weekly Journal) of suing for treason by King's politician (victory for freedom of the press).
1753	George Washington created a master mason.
1783	A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Asama, the most active volcanoin Japan, killed roughly 1,400 people and exacerbated a famine,resulting in another 20,000 deaths.
1790	A newly passed tariff act in the United States established theRevenue Cutter Service, an armed maritime law enforcement service thatwas the forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard.
1791	The Treaty of Systova was signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg War.
1796	French Revolutionary Wars-The French Army of Italy underNapoleon crushed an Austrian brigade in the Battle of Lonato.
1796	French Revolutionary War - Battle of Lonana: Italy's French army under Napoleon crushed an Austrian brigade.
1862	The US government ordered its first income tax collected.
1870	The British Government established the British Red Cross Society.
1875	Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson was born. He was famous for writing beautiful stories for children.
1886	Colombia passed the country's constitution to this day.
1914	England declared war against Germany.
1929	On this day, the most famous playback singer of Indian cinema, actor, singer, director Kishore Kumar Khandwa, was born in Madhya Pradesh.
1930	Legislation was enacted in Europe for the wages of young children in Belgium.
1944	15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family has been arrested by The Nazi Gestapo in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse
1947	The Supreme Court was established in Japan.
1961	America's first black and 44th President Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
1964	American civil rights movement workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after mysteriously disappearing on June 21.
1964	A second U.S. Navy destroyer wasreportedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin,leading Congress to authorize the use of military force in SoutheastAsia.
1974	A bomb placed by a neo-fascist group exploded on a train of theFerrovie dello Stato while on the Bologna–Florence railway.
1983	A coup d'état organised by Blaise Compaoré and supported byLibya made Thomas Sankara President of the Republic of Upper Volta (nowBurkina Faso).
1983	Thomas Sankar became the President of Upper Volta.
1984	Exactly a year after he came to power in the Republic of UpperVolta through a military coup, President Thomas Sankara changed its nameto Burkina Faso.
1991	An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos ruptured itshull and it sank off the east coast of South Africa, but all 571 onboard were saved.
1992	Yohei Kono, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, issued a formalapology for forcing women into sexual slavery during World War II.
1995	The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European landbattle since the Second World War.
1997	Mo. Khatami was sworn in as the new president, winning the election in Iran.
1999	The Bank News Network has found that there has been a fall in the usage of ATM machines. Angry consumers are irritated by the service charges for ATM usage, and there is a 2.9% decrease in ATM transactions. On the other hand, Debit card transactions have risen by 35%.
1999	China refused to allow regular flights of US Army aircraft to land in Hong Kong.
2001	Russia and North Korea signed a strategic agreement.
2002	The 17th Commonwealth Games ended in Manchester, England.
2004	NASA named Altix supercomputer Casey as Kalpana Chavna.
2006	2 men accused of 35 murders have been arrested by the police of Arizona, United States.
2006	Sri Lankan Civil War-Seventeen employees of the French INGOACF International were massacred in Muttur.
2007	The completion of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Greece will allow gas to be transferred from the Middle East to Europe.
2007	Airport police officer María del Luján Telpuk discovered asuitcase containing US$800,000 as it went through an x-ray machine in Buenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina known as 'Maletinazo'.
2007	America's space agency NASA launched Phoenix Spacecraft for Mars.
2007	The US launched the Phoenix Mars Lander, an American spacecraft whose job was to search for Mars.
2007	NASA built the Phoenix spacecraft.
2008	As per reports, 11 climbers from an international excursion have been found dead due to icefall, which damaged their fixed ropes.
2008	The Indian government gave Navratna status to the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).
2010	Approximately 70 Indian police people are thought to be missing in the Chhattisgarh forests among a major engagement with Maoist guerrillas; however they are later found.
2011	Kraft Foods publicizes that it will divide into two operations. One of them will consist of its North American grocery business and the other one will consist of its global snack foods business.
2013	The United States shuts down 22 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to the knowledge acquired about an Al-Qaeda attack.
2014	According to The World Health Organisation the death toll from the Ebola virus crisis can be as high as 887.
2014	Agreed to a ceasefire for Hamas and Israel for 72 hours.

Famous Birthdays of August 04 😀:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
1985	Mark Milligan / Footballer / Australia
1950	Caldwell Jones / Basketball Player / United States of America
1958	Silvan Shalom / Politician / Israel
1936	Giorgos Zographos / Singer / Greece
1957	John Wark / Footballer / Scotland
1990	Hikmet Balioğlu / Footballer / Turkey
1967	Michael Marsh / Sprinter / United States of America
1912	Raoul Wallenberg / Diplomat / Sweden
1977	Frankie Kazarian / Wrestler / United States of America
1947	Klaus Schulze / Writer / Germany
1973	Eva Amaral / Singer / Spain
1943	Vicente Álvarez Areces / Politician / Spain
1989	Jessica Mauboy / Writer / Australia
1995	Bruna Marquezine / Actress / Brazil
1928	Gerard Damiano / Producer / United States of America
1989	Wang Hao / Chess Player / China
1978	Sandeep Naik / Politician / India
1926	George Irving Bell / Biologist / United States of America
1901	Clarence Passailaigue / Cricketer / Jamaica
1906	Yashwant Singh Parmar / Politician / India
1945	Paul McCarthy / Painter / United States of America
1910	William Schuman / Educator / United States of America
1985	Robbie Findley / Footballer / United States of America
1970	Bret Baier / Journalist / United States of America
1988	Kelley O'Hara / Footballer / United States of America
1876	Giovanni Giuriati / Lawyer / Italy
1965	Adam Afriyie / Politician / United Kingdom
1859	Knut Hamsun / Writer / Norway
1921	Herb Ellis / Guitarist / United States of America
1984	Mardy Collins / Basketball Player / United States of America

Aapane abhi padha: 04 Agast Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.

Read in Hindi : 04 अगस्त की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं