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August 4, 1997 "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV August 4, 1996 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies August 4, 1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched) August 4, 1996 J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, and N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame August 4, 1995 Darryl Strawberry joins the New York Yankees August 4, 1994 Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered August 4, 1994 Howard Stern drops out of New York gubernatorial race August 4, 1994 Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on New York parkway August 4, 1993 Angolese air force bombs Huambo August 4, 1993 Rwandian Hutu's and Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha August 4, 1993 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits August 4, 1991 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500 August 4, 1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament August 4, 1990 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) August 4, 1990 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq August 4, 1989 Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly August 4, 1988 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II August 4, 1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case August 4, 1987 At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker August 4, 1987 FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters August 4, 1986 OPEC lowers oil production 20% August 4, 1985 "Dreamgirls" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1522 performances August 4, 1985 California Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit August 4, 1985 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic August 4, 1985 Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10 August 4, 1985 Rod Carew, is 16th to get 3,000 hits August 4, 1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees August 4, 1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics August 4, 1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR August 4, 1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks August 4, 1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) August 4, 1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy August 4, 1983 France performs nuclear test August 4, 1983 Revolution in Burkina August 4, 1983 While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull August 4, 1982 New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game August 4, 1981 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission August 4, 1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty August 4, 1980 Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas and Caribbean August 4, 1980 John and Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy" August 4, 1980 Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills August 4, 1979 Italian government of Cossiga begins August 4, 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 4, 1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy August 4, 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 4, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 4, 1975 Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes August 4, 1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor August 4, 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic August 4, 1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace August 4, 1971 U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft August 4, 1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness August 4, 1969 Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium August 4, 1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California August 4, 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open August 4, 1968 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, New York (UNI) begins broadcasting August 4, 1967 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934) August 4, 1967 Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago) August 4, 1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 4, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 4, 1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand August 4, 1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam August 4, 1964 North Vietnamese torpedos U.S. ships Gulf of Tonkin August 4, 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open August 4, 1962 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police August 4, 1961 108 degrees F, Spokane, WA August 4, 1961 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000) August 4, 1960 Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH August 4, 1959 "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 87 performances August 4, 1958 Dumont TV Network crumbles August 4, 1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) August 4, 1956 Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog" August 4, 1956 Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands August 4, 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters August 4, 1954 Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning August 4, 1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago August 4, 1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs and wins 15-0 August 4, 1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association August 4, 1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax August 4, 1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season August 4, 1945 Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) August 4, 1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis August 4, 1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy August 4, 1943 British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada August 4, 1943 Russian units reach suburbs of Orel August 4, 1943 USAF bombs Germans in Troina August 4, 1942 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz August 4, 1942 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo August 4, 1942 Col-gen Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev August 4, 1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed August 4, 1941 Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd) August 4, 1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US August 4, 1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece August 4, 1934 New York Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game and beats Phillies 21-4 August 4, 1930 Child labor laws established in Belgium August 4, 1929 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich August 4, 1929 Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yanks 14-6 August 4, 1929 Jones Beach in New York opens August 4, 1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opens August 4, 1925 1st Dutch Colijn government forms August 4, 1925 U.S. Marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation August 4, 1922 Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team August 4, 1917 Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers August 4, 1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million August 4, 1914 German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice August 4, 1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast August 4, 1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany August 4, 1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army August 4, 1914 Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War August 4, 1914 U.S. declares neutrality in WW I August 4, 1910 A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie August 4, 1909 Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment August 4, 1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X August 4, 1897 Henry A. Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia August 4, 1892 Queen Wilhelmina and Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine August 4, 1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass August 4, 1886 Colombia adopts constitution August 4, 1881 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Seville, Spain (European record) August 4, 1879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris August 4, 1870 British Red Cross Society forms August 4, 1864 Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas August 4, 1862 U.S. government collects its 1st income tax August 4, 1855 John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" August 4, 1830 Plans for city of Chicago laid out August 4, 1821 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969) August 4, 1791 Austria and Turkey sign Peace of Sistova August 4, 1790 U.S. Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service August 4, 1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system August 4, 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus August 4, 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia August 4, 1753 George Washington becomes a master mason August 4, 1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press) August 4, 1730 Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England August 4, 1704 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar August 4, 1695 French garrison of surrenders to Willem III August 4, 1693 Dom Perignon invents champagne August 4, 1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die August 4, 1666 Sea battle between Netherlands and England August 4, 1636 Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil August 4, 1598 London's head office of Hanze closed August 4, 1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed August 4, 1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah) August 4, 1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English August 4, 1347 English troops conquer Ft. Calais August 4, 1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort August 4, 1181 Supernova seen in Cassiopia |