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Current Calendar Page for August 4, 2024
Name Day
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Historical Events
2023 - Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is sentenced to another 19 years in a labor camp for alleged extremism. The sentence is handed down in a trial widely criticized as politically motivated.
1964 - The "Gulf of Tonkin Incident" occurs when U.S. destroyers are supposedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats. The U.S. Congress subsequently approves the bombing of North Vietnam on August 7. It is later revealed to be a deliberate falsehood.
1944 - The Jewish girl Anne Frank is discovered with her family in a hiding place in Amsterdam and deported to a concentration camp in Germany.
1789 - The French National Assembly abolishes feudalism. All privileges of the nobility and clergy are abolished.
1704 - During the War of the Spanish Succession, a British fleet occupies the Rock of Gibraltar. In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht formally grants the territory to the British.
Birthdays
1989 - Andreas Bretschneider (35), German gymnast, inventor of the Kovacs salto with double twist on the horizontal bar ("Bretschneider")
1981 - Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (43), British duchess and former American actress ("Suits"), wife of Prince Harry since May 2018
1961 - Barack Obama (63), American politician, 44th President of the United States 2009-2017, Nobel Peace Prize 2009
1957 - Peter Frey (67), German journalist, ZDF editor-in-chief 2010-2022
Deaths
1999 - Liselott Schindling-Rheinberger, German dressage rider, Olympic champion 1968 (team) and 1972 (individual), born 1927
The date of Liselott Schindling-Rheinberger's passing was noted as 1999. After serving her country with Olympic victories in dressage, Anne Frank tragically met her date of death in a concentration camp in 1944.
