August 4 2006 |
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| August 4th, 2006 (August 04 2006) | Event | Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and was replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who was sworn in on 23 August. | |
| August 4th, 1996 (August 04 1996) | Death | Geoff Hamilton, British gardener and broadcaster (born in 1936) | |
| August 4th, 1976 (August 04 1976) | Death | Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (born in 1894) | |
| August 4th, 1976 (August 04 1976) | Death | Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop | |
| August 4th, 1966 (August 04 1966) | Birth | Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese professional wrestler | Saki Quotes |
| August 4th, 1956 (August 04 1956) | Birth | Gerry Cooney, American boxer | |
| August 4th, 1946 (August 04 1946) | Event | 1946 Dominican Republic earthquakeearthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 killed, 20,000 left homeless. | |
| August 4th, 1946 (August 04 1946) | Birth | Maureen Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo Starr (died in 1994) | Ringo Starr Quotes |
| August 4th, 1936 (August 04 1936) | Event | Greek General Ioannis Metaxas, leader of the 4th of August Regime, suspends parliament and the Constitution and declares himself dictator. | |
| August 4th, 1936 (August 04 1936) | Birth | Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker | |
| August 4th, 1916 (August 04 1916) | Event | World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany. | |
| August 4th, 1906 (August 04 1906) | Event | Central Railway Station, Sydney opens. | |
| August 4th, 1906 (August 04 1906) | Birth | Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist (died in 1973) | |
| August 4th, 1906 (August 04 1906) | Birth | Marie-Jose of Belgium, queen of Italy (died in 2001) | |
| August 4th, 1526 (August 04 1526) | Death | Juan Sebastian Elcano, Spanish explorer (born in 1476) | |
| August 4th, 1306 (August 04 1306) | Death | Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (born in 1289) | |
