Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
August 4
| 1265 | King Henry III puts down a revolt of English barons lead by Simon de Montfort. | |
| 1578 | A crusade against the Moors of Morocco is routed at the Battle of Alcazar-el-Kebir. King Sebastian of Portugal and 8,000 of his soldiers are killed. | |
| 1717 | A friendship treaty is signed between France and Russia. | |
| 1789 | The Constituent Assembly in France abolishes the privileges of nobility. | |
| 1790 | The Revenue Cutter service, the parent service of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, is organized. | |
| 1864 | Federal troops fail to capture Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, one of the Confederate forts defending Mobile Bay. | |
| 1875 | The first Convention of Colored Newspapermen is held in Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| 1879 | A law is passed in Germany making Alsace Lorraine a territory of the empire. | |
| 1914 | Germany invades Belgium causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. | |
| 1942 | The British government charges that Mohandas Gandhi and his All-Indian Congress Party favor "appeasement" with Japan. | |
| 1944 | RAF pilot T. D. Dean becomes the first pilot to destroy a V-1 buzz bomb when he tips the pilotless craft's wing, sending it off course. | |
| 1952 | Helicopters from the U.S. Air Force Air Rescue Service land in Germany, completing the first transatlantic flight by helicopter in 51 hours and 55 minutes of flight time. | |
| 1964 | The U.S.S. Maddox and Turner Joy exchange fire with North Vietnamese patrol boats. | |
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Born on August 4 |
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| 1792 | Percy Bysshe Shelly, English poet and author. | |
| 1805 | William Rowan Hamilton, Irish scientist. | |
| 1901 | Louis Armstrong, legendary jazz trumpeter. | |
| 1912 | Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat credited with saving nearly 100,000 Budapest Jews during World War II. | |
| 1958 | Mary Decker Slaney, American athlete, winner of seven track and field records. | |
| 1961 | Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States of America. | |
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