Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 4
August 4, 2024 is the 217th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 4
- 1265 –Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
- 1327 –First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
- 1791 –The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
- 1821 –Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
- 1936 –Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
- 1977 –US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
- 1989 –Licence to Kill goes on general cinema release in the United Kingdom.
- 1991 –The Greek cruise ship Ship MTS sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
- 1995 –Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
- 2002 –Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Who were born on August 4?
- 1755 –Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French painter and inventor (d. 1805)
- 1821 –Louis Vuitton, French designer (d. 1892)
- 1839 –Walter Pater, English essayist and critic (d. 1894)
- 1900 –Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Scottish consort of George VI (d. 2002)
- 1906 –Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist (d. 1973)
- 1913 –Robert Hayden, American poet (d. 1980)
- 1919 –Michel Déon, French writer
- 1942 –Cleon Jones, American baseball player
- 1985 –Kina Grannis, American musician
- 1985 –Luis Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
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