August 04 Holidays

August 04 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | August 04 Calendar

August 4th Daily Holidays include:

Braham Pie Day – August 4, 2023 (First Friday in August)
Brother’s Day – August 4, 2023 (First Friday after the Full Moon, and also on May 24 each year)
Hooray For Kid’s Day
International Beer Day – August 4, 2023 (First Friday in August)
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
National Water Balloon Day – August 4, 2023 (First Friday in August)
National White Wine Day
Raisin Bran Day
Single Working Woman’s Day
Tomboy Tools Day – August 4, 2023 (First Friday in August)
US Coast Guard Birthday (USCG)

August 04: Famous Birthdays

August 04, 1701 – Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)
August 04, 1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer who founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)
August 04, 1821 – James Springer White, American religious leader who co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
August 04, 1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
August 04, 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter and singer (d. 1971)
August 04, 1915 – Warren Avis, American businessman who founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)
August 04, 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor

August 04: Historical Events

August 04, 70 – The Romans destroy the Second Temple in Jerusalem
August 04, 1783 – 1,400 people are killed in Japan when Mount Asama erupts. The eruption causes a famine and 20,000 additional deaths occur.
August 04, 1790 – The U.S. Coast Guard is founded as Revenue Cutter Service
August 04, 1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published as a weekly newspaper for the first time and is published until 1969
August 04, 1902 – The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens in East London
August 04, 1914 – During World War I, Germany invades Belgium. Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany, while the United States declares it’s neutrality.
August 04, 1944 – Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family and four others are arrested in Amsterdam by the Gestapo following a tip from an informant.
August 04, 1946 – An 8.0 magnitude earthquake hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 are killed, and 20,000 are left homeless.
August 04, 1964 – North Vietnam torpedos U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin
August 04, 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter establishes the U.S. Department of Energy
August 04, 1991 – The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa
August 04, 2019 – A shooting in Dayton, Ohio results in nine people killed and 26 injured
August 04, 2020 – 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon kills 220 people with over 5,000 wounded

August 04: Music Events

August 04, 1956 – My Prayer by The Platters hits #1
August 04, 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
August 04, 1956 – Hound Dog and Don’t Be Cruel are released by Elvis Presley
August 04, 1966 – South Africa bans all Beatles music due to John Lennon’s comments claiming the band was “bigger than Jesus”.
August 04, 1969 – Because is recorded by The Beatles
August 04, 1973 – The Morning After by Maureen McGovern hits #1, the song was from the movie The Poseidon Adventure.
August 04, 1974 – Love Me Like a Rock is released by Paul Simon
August 04, 1984 – Purple Rain by Prince hits #1 on the US album charts and remains for 24 weeks
August 04, 1990 – Vision of Love by Mariah Carey hit’s #1 and stays on top for four weeks

August 04: Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for August 04 is Leo.

August Birthstone:

What is the August Birthstone? Peridot

Peridot. The modern August birthstone, peridot has been prized as a jewelry stone since ancient times. Always green in color but with considerable variations, a peridot’s particular shade depends on its source.

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