Monday, 4 August 2014

Today in History for 4th August 2014

Historical Events


1855 - John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"

1956 - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands

1983 - France performs nuclear test

1983 - While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull

1986 - OPEC lowers oil production 20%

1997 - 185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.


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Famous Birthdays


1873 - Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War

1877 - Dame Laura Knight, Long Eaton UK, Impressionist artist

1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita

1962 - Paul Reynolds, rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)

1969 - Norm Casola, CFL slot back (Toronto Argonauts)

1992 - Dylan Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)


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Famous Deaths


1584 - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71

1850 - Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68

1889 - Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75

1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

1996 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59

1999 - Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913)


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