This Day in History
04 Aug 1265
Battle of Evesham English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger
04 Aug 1351
Sea battle at Zwartewaal Willem V beats Hoeksen and English
04 Aug 1578
Battle of Alcazarquivir Moroccans defeat Portuguese 10000 killed
04 Aug 1636
Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
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Oscar Pistorius becomes the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympics
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George Washington becomes a Master Mason
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Slain civil rights workers found
The remains of three civil rights workers whose disappearance on June 21 garnered national attention are found buried in an earthen dam near Philadelphia Missi...
Lizzie Borden s parents found dead
On this day in 1892 Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River Massachusetts home. Andrew was discovered in a pool of blood on the ...
Anne Frank captured
Acting on tip from a Dutch informer the Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehou...
Jesse Owens wins long jump and respect in Germany
On this day in 1936 American Jesse Owens wins gold in the long jump at the Summer Olympics in Berlin Germany. It was the second of four gold medals Owens won ...
Colonel Custer and 7th Cavalry attacked by Indians
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Lizzie Borden took an axe
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Talladega Nights released in theaters
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U S proclaims neutrality in World War I
As World War I erupts in Europe President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States a position that a vast majority of Americans f...
1892 Lizzie Borden took an axe...
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1944 Finnish government passes a special act making Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim President of Finland
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1958 The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the 1st time, with "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson at #1
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2010 California's Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state's voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger
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