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August 4: Day of the Week
August 4, 2024 is the 217th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 4 Historical Event(s)
1265
Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1704
War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1796
French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
1873
Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
1916
World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
1936
Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
1944
The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
1964
American civil rights movement: civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1987
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly”.
2007
NASA’s Phoenix spaceship is launched.
Who were born on August 4?
1859
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1952)
1921
Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000)
1940
Larry Knechtel, keyboard and bass player (d. 2009)
1961
Lauren Tom, American actress
1968
Lee Mack, British comedian
1969
Max Cavalera, Brazilian vocalist and guitarist (Sepultura, Soulfly)
1974
Kily González, Argentine footballer
1975
Andy Hallett, American actor (d. 2009)
1978
Kurt Busch, American race car driver
1992
Dylan Sprouse, American actor
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