Today in History August - 04

Events:

0070: The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

0181: A super nova was observed in the sky, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. A supernova is the brightest, most energetic star in the sky and explodes.

1693: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne. Women in western countries drink more of this shampoo.

1735: The first important victory for freedom of the press in Britain's North American colonies was achieved. John Peter Zenger, in 1733, began publishing the New York Weekly Journal. He was imprisoned by the colonial government for criticizing the policies of the colonial government in his journal. The court, finding evidence of what he had written in his journal, released him. This is also the first defamation case.

1777: Philip Ashley, a retired British army officer, opens the first circus.

1821: Atkinson and Alexander jointly published the first weekly newspaper, "Saturday Evening Post".

1824: The Battle of Kos was fought between Turkey and Greece.

1830: Plans for the city of Chicago are made.

1854: Hinomaru, declared official flag flown by Japanese ships.

1858: The first trans-Atlantic cable is completed.

1884: Thomas Stevens becomes the first man to cycle across America. After that, he cycled around the world.‌‌

1906: Central Railway Station opened in Sydney, Australia.

1914: World War I: Germany invades Belgium. Instead, Britain declared war on Germany.

1916: The United States agrees to purchase the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.

1916: World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.

1925: US naval forces leave Nicaragua after a 13-year occupation.

1927: The Peace Bridge between America and Canada was opened.

1929: Jiddu Krishnamurthy resigned from the Divyajnana Samaj and its affiliates.

1944: A 15-year-old girl named Anne Frank and her family are imprisoned by the Nazis while hiding in the Amsterdam Dam. Diary of Anne Frank written by this girl became world famous. This diary is a reflection of the hellish suffering the Jews went through during World War II.‌‌

1947: Japan's Supreme Court (highest court) formed.

1954: The national anthem of Khayumi Tarana, written by Hafiz Jalandhri and composed by Ahmed G. Chhagia, was adopted by Pakistan as the "National Anthem of the Government". listen

1956: The first motorcycle traveled at a speed of 200 miles per hour.

1960: A U.S. Air Force research plane flew at a speed of 2,150 miles per hour, setting a record. It achieved this speed by using a rocket propeller instead of a conventional propeller.

1971: America launched the first manned satellite into lunar orbit.

1977: US President Carter signs the bill creating the Department of Energy.

1983: Italy elects first socialist prime minister since 1946.

1972: Arthur Bremer (21 years old), who was going to kill George Wallace, the governor of Alabama, was sentenced to 63 years in prison by the court of Maryland in the United States. During this assassination attempt, [George Wallace] was paralyzed. Three others were injured. On 15 May 1972, an assassination attempt was made. Sentenced on 4 August 1972 (trial took 77 days). The sentence was later reduced to 53 years. The accused will be 74 years old at the time of release.

2009: The European Commission reports that more than 50% of Europeans surf the Internet on a regular basis (up 33% in the last five years).

2009: First swine flu death, reported in Pune, Maharashtra

Births:

1719: Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist, geologist (d. 1767)

1755: Nicolas Jacques Conte, scientist who invented the "pencil" (d.1805).

1792: Percy Shelley, English poet (d.1822)

 1868: Master C.V.V., Indian philosopher, yogi, teacher. (d.1922)

1900: Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother. In the year 2000, the 100th birthday of the British Queen Mother was celebrated in Britain (d. 2002).

1912: Jandhyala Papayya Shastri, one of the popular Telugu poets, popularly known as "Karunashree". (d. 1992)

1926: Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, Gandhian. Former Minister of State (d.1997).

1948: Shatrucharla Vijayaramaraj, the head of Chinamerangi Sansthanadipati in Vizianagaram district, was elected to Parliament from the Parvathipuram Lok Sabha constituency.

1954: Undavalli Aruna Kumar, Member of Parliament of India.

1955: Charles D "Sam" Gemer Yankton SD, Rhodesian Voyager (Rhodesian Ships STS 38, 48)

1961: Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States (current President), was born on the island of Hawaii.

Deaths:

2006: Nandini Satpathy, former Chief Minister of Orissa (b.1931)

2020: Wangapandu Prasada Rao, revolutionary poet, folklorist, founder of Prajanatyamandali (b. 1943)

2020: Sunnam Rajaiah, CPM leader, Member of the joint Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly and Telangana Legislative Assembly. (b. 1960)

2020: Ibrahim Alkazi, drama director, actor trainer, former director of National School of Drama (NSD) (b.1925)