I bet u didn't arf miss me, while me puter went tits up!
1985 - Live Aid concert raises £50m for starving in Africa.
(most went to line the pockets of corrupt African politicians).
1930 - Footy World Cup first held, in Uraguay.
1643 - Cavaliers 1, Roundheads 0
Played at Roundway Down.
1960 - Ian Hislop born - outspoken hero, or complete arse?
1925 - Maggie Thatcher born - no argument here.
1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners.
1798 - The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
Departed this world, 1881 - Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?) 1998 - Richard MacDonald, American fast food pioneer (b.1909)
PS - 100 Citizens died freeing the seven inmates. The Mob promised safe conduct to the garrison of 115 soldiers, but once inside promptly massacred them.
1967 - Abortion legalised in Britain.
1946 - Sue (So Lonely) Lawley born.
1940 - Cliff (Peter Pan) Richard born.
971 - According to St. Swithins, if it rains today, it will be the start of 40 days of rain. (best get yr brollies ready!)
1099 - Crusaders capture Jerusalem, and massacre the 10,000 Saracen defenders. Re-captured by Saladin in 1187.
1606 - The painter Rembrandt was born.
1834 - End of the Spanish Inquisition (nobody expected it).
1904 - Death of Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright.
1997 - Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace murdered.
64AD - Great Fire of Rome
1947 - Convicted Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess, once deputy to German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, is moved to Spandau Prison in Berlin.
1925 - German politician Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
1298 - English used the longbow for the first time, killing lots of (very surprised) Scots pikemen, at the Battle of Falkirk.
1812 - The Duke of Wellington gives the Frogs some welly at Salamanca, during the Peninsular War.
2005 - Brazilian Jean Charles de Menzes, mistaken for a terrorist, shot in head by armed police. Then shot 5 more times, just to be on the safe side.
1403 - Battle of Shrewbury (Percy v Henry).
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie, The Young Pretender, kicks off in Scotland
1885 - Death of Ulysses S Grant - crackin' name!
1904 - The ice-cream cone was first created.
1940 - Start of the "Blitz" on London.
1955 - Donald Campbell sets new world water speed record in "Bluebird".
Born today - Danny la Rue(1927); David Essex(1947); Woody Harelson(1962); Monika Lew(d)insky(1973).
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, forced to abdicate in favour of her 1yr old son - James VI of Scotland, James I of England.
1704 - Gibralter captured from the Spaniards.
1911 - The Lost City of the Incas, Machu Picchu, discovered.
1936 - Miss Ethel Cain drones on and on and on....as TIM, the automated speaking clock.
1938 - Instant coffee invented.
1980 - Death of Peter Sellers. (Goon, but not forgotton).
1797 - Nelson loses his right arm during punch-up in Tenerife.
1799 - Napoleon beats up Mustafa Pasha at Aboukir.
1814 - George Stephenson introduces 1st steam loco.
1978 - Louise Joy Brown, 1st test tube baby, born.
2000 - Concorde crashes nr Paris, killing all 109 on board.
1936 - Black American athlete Jesse Owens wins the first of four gold medals in the Berlin olympics.
This really ticks off Adolf.
What follows is history.
from the above mentioned website todays famouse birthday on this day, half of which i have no ideas who they are
Birthdays 04 AugustJoseph Scaliger 1540 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite 1900 Louis Armstrong 1901 Harry Cooper 1904 Glenn Cunningham 1909 William Howard Shumam 1910 Raoul Wallenberg 1912 Wesley Addy 1913 Helen Thomas 1920 Herb Ellis 1921 Dallas Green 1934 Smokin' Joe Leonard 1934 Elsbeary Hobbs 1936 Frankie Ford 1939 Timi Yuro 1940 Richard Belzer 1944 Klaus Schultze (Tangerine Dream) 1947<!rotn> John Riggins 1949 Kristoffer Tabori 1952 Maire Ni Bhraaonion (Clannad) 1952<!rotn> Billy Bob Thornton 1955 Mary Decker Slaney 1958 Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds) 1958<!rotn> Robbin Crosby (Ratt) 1959<!a> Roger Clemens 1962 Paul Reynolds (A Flock of Seagulls) 1962<!rotn> Rob Cieka (Boo Radleys) 1968 Michael DeLuise 1970 Jeff Gordon 1971 Marques Houston (Immature) 1981<ROTN> Dylan Sprouse 1992 Cole Sprouse 1992
also on this day 4 August
1922 - The death of Alexander Graham Bell, two days earlier, was recognized by AT&T and the Bell Systems by shutting down all of its switchboards and switching stations. The shutdown affected 13 million phones.
1957 - Juan Fangio won his final auto race and captured the world auto driving championship. It was his the fifth consecutive year to win.
1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool." <!b>
1993 - Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, Los Angeles police officers were sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for violating Rodney King's civil rights.
wow i love google it has some many answers you just need the right question.
1693 - Dom Perignon invents champagne.
1914 - Britain declares war on the Krauts.
1956 - 1st motorcycle rode over 200mph.
1942 - Hitler orders all Dutch homing pigeons to be killed.(by firing squad, or gas chamber?) ps are u watching, Matt?
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