Tukuk-OS📅 August 4
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.
- 2014 — Julieka Ivanna Dhu, an Aboriginal Australian woman, died in police custody after her deteriorating condition was mocked and ignored.
- 2007 — An airport police officer discovered a suitcase containing approximately US$800,000 as it passed through security at Jorge Newbery Airfield in Buenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina.
María del Luján TelpukAeroparque Jorge NewberySuitcase scandal
- 2006 — Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Mutur.
Sri Lankan civil warAction Against Hunger2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers
- 1997 — French supercentenarian Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days, with the longest confirmed human lifespan in history.
- 1995 — Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.
- 1991 — An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos (pictured) ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.
- 1983 — Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.
Jean-Baptiste OuédraogoRepublic of Upper Volta1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
- 1964 — Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer (pictured) was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force.
- 1953 — Alfred C. Glassell Jr. caught a black marlin weighing 1,560 lb (710 kg) (pictured) off the coast of Peru, setting the record for the largest bony fish caught by hand.
- 1914 — World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the latter's invasion of Belgium.
World War ITreaty of London (1839)German invasion of Belgium (1914)
- 1892 — Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.
- 1862 — In Brooklyn, a mob composed largely of Irish Americans attacked a group of African Americans in a riot.
- 1830 — American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.
- 1796 — French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Army of Italy decisively defeated Austrian forces led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato.
- 1783 — Mount Asama (pictured) in Japan began a climactic eruption, which exacerbated the Great Tenmei famine and led to thousands of deaths.
- 1704 — War of the Spanish Succession: A combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles captured Gibraltar from Spain.
War of the Spanish SuccessionGeorge RookeCharles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1356 — Hundred Years' War: A large-scale mounted raid by Anglo-Gascon forces began under the command of Edward the Black Prince.
Hundred Years' WarBlack Prince's chevauchée of 1356Edward the Black Prince
- 1265 — Second Barons' War: Royal troops led by Prince Edward defeated baronial forces under Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in Worcestershire, England.
Second Barons' WarEdward ISimon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Births
- 1998 — Lil Skies, American rapper
- 1995 — Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
- 1994 — Bobby Shmurda, American rapper
- 1992 — Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer
- 1992 — Domingo Germán, Dominican baseball player
- 1992 — Cole Sprouse, American actor
- 1992 — Dylan Sprouse, American actor
- 1989 — Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989 — Wang Hao, Chinese chess grandmaster
- 1988 — Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player
- 1987 — Marreese Speights American basketball player
- 1986 — Nick Augusto, American drummer
Deaths
- 2024 — Charles Cyphers, American actor (born 1939)
- 2024 — Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
- 2024 — Duane Thomas, American football player (born 1947)
- 2023 — Dalia Fadila, Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)
- 2019 — Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (born 1926)
- 2015 — Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)
- 2015 — Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1919)
- 2015 — John Rudometkin, American basketball player (born 1940)
- 2015 — Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (born 1936)
- 2014 — James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)
- 2014 — Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)
- 2014 — Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Aristarchus
- Christian feast day: Blessed Cecilia Cesarini
- Christian feast day: Euphronius
- Christian feast day: Blessed Frédéric Janssoone
- Christian feast day: John Vianney
- Christian feast day: Molua (or Lua)
- Christian feast day: Raynerius of Split
- Christian feast day: Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs
- Christian feast day: August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Coast Guard Day (United States)
- Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August
- Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia)
- Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States
- 2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon
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