338 Historic Events for August 4
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| 1886 |
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Colombia adopts constitution
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Philip Greeley Clapp, composer
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| 1889 |
Death |
Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Erich Weinert, writer
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| 1891 |
Death |
George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
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| 1892 |
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Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass
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| 1892 |
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Queen Wilhelmina and Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine
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| 1892 |
Death |
Andrew and Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?)
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| 1897 |
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Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)
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| 1903 |
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Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)
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| 1904 |
Death |
Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Marie-Jos‚ von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Leslie Wilkinson, journalist
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author (Daily Express)
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