4TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MOLUA OR LUGHAIDH; ST IA; ST
SEZNA; & ST JOHN BAPTIST VIANNEY." |
| 4TH |
1693 |
"DOM PERIGON" INVENTS CHAMPAGNE. |
| 4TH |
1777 |
RETIRED BRITISH CAVALRY OFFICER,
"PHILIP ASTLEY" ESTABLISHES THE FIRST CIRCUS. |
| 4TH |
1845 |
406 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN THE SAILING SHIP ‘CATARAQUI’
STRUCK THE WEST COAST OF KING ISLAND. |
| 4TH |
1860 |
GOLD DISCOVERY AT LAMBING FLAT, NSW,
REPORTED. |
| 4TH |
1864 |
THE VICTOR HARBOR TO PORT ELLIOT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, RAILWAY
LINE OPENED. |
| 4TH |
1868 |
QUEENSLAND’S PARLIAMENT HOUSE
OFFICIALLY OPENED. |
| 4TH |
1870 |
THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED. |
| 4TH |
1875 |
DEATH OF ‘HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN’ DANISH WRITER OF FAIRY TALES. |
| 4TH |
1892 |
THE FATHER AND STEPMOTHER OF "LIZZIE BORDEN,"
"ANDREW J. BORDEN," AND ‘ABBY’ARE SLAIN AT 92 SECOND ST, FALL RIVER,
MASSACHUSETTS. LIZZY WAS AQUITTED OF THE MURDERS BUT REMAINED THE MAIN SUSPECT. |
| 4TH |
1911 |
ELECTRIC TRAMS BEGIN OPERATING IN
LAUNCESTON. |
| 4TH |
1914 |
BRITAIN DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY. |
| 4TH |
1925 |
"N.R. WESTWOOD & G.L.
DAVIES" SET OUT FROM PERTH IN A TWO SEATER CITROEN & BECOME THE FIRST TO DRIVE
ROUND AUSTRALIA. |
| 4TH |
1944 |
NAZI POLICE CAPTURE 14 YEAR OLD ‘ANNE FRANK’ AND
SEVEN OTHER JEWS FOUND IN HIDING PLACES IN AMSTERDAM. |
| 4TH |
1944 |
"WILHELM HERZ" IS THE FIRST
TO RIDE A MOTORCYLE OVER 200mph (210mph/338kph) |
| 4TH |
1949 |
THE RSL DECLARES THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, ‘ANTI-COMMUNIST
MONTH’ AMID ALLEGATIONS THE COAL-MINERS STRIKE WAS COMMUNIST INSPIRED. |
| 4TH |
1954 |
BRITAIN’S FIRST SUPERSONIC FIGHTER
PLANE, THE ELECTRIC LIGHTNING P-1, MAKES IT’S MAIDEN FLIGHT. |
| 4TH |
1966 |
"JOHN LENNON," CLAIMED DURING A RADIO INTERVIEW,
"THE BEATLES" ARE MORE POPULAR THAN "JESUS CHRIST," LEADING TO THEIR
RECORDS BEING BANNED IN MANY U.S. STATES & IN SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 4TH |
1970 |
"JIM MORRISON" IS ARRESTED
FOR DRUNKEDNESS. |
| 4TH |
1986 |
‘TRANS AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES’ WAS RENAMED
‘AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES.’ |
| 4TH |
1988 |
U.S. CONGRESS VOTES TO GIVE EACH
JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNED IN WW II, $20,000 EACH. |
| 4TH |
1996 |
THE 26TH OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES CLOSE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. |
| 4TH |
1997 |
THE WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON, JEANNE
CALMENT," DIED AGED 122years 164 days IN ARLES, FRANCE. |
| 4TH |
1998 |
39 YEAR OLD AMERICAN, "RICHARD
RODRIGUEZ," FROM NEW YORK CITY HOPPED OFF A WOODEN ROLLER COASTER IN BLACKPOOL,
ENGLAND HAVING SPENT 1,013 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY RIDING THE BIG DIPPER. |
| 4TH |
1999 |
BRITISH 100 METRE SPRINT CHAMPION "LINFORD
CHRISTIE" 39, IS SUSPENDED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED ANABOLIC STEROID. |
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