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04 Aug 1925
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death
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Alfons Van de Perre: Flemish physician
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04 Aug 1925
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1st Dutch Colijn government forms
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04 Aug 1925
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US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
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| 75 years anniversary |
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04 Aug 1950
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birth
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Caldwell Jones, American basketball player (d. 2014) |
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| 50 years anniversary |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Beau Morgan: Running back (Dallas Cowboys)
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Kaipo Spenser: Wailuku, Hawaii -- Baseball pitcher (1996 Olympics - Bronze Medalist)
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04 Aug 1975
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death
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John Baragrey: Actor (Gamera), dies at 57
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04 Aug 1975
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Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Saudi Arabian militant (d. 2014) |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (d. 2009) |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Joe Saenz, American gangster |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland |
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04 Aug 1975
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birth
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Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress |
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04 Aug 1975
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The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya. |
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04 Aug 1975
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music
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Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant smashed both his ankle and his elbow, and was not fully fit for the best part of two years. A forthcoming North American tour had to be cancelled.
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| 25 years anniversary |
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04 Aug 2000
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death
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Leslie Glass, American porn actress and model (b. 1963) |
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04 Aug 2000
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music
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Craig David scored his second UK No.1 single with '7 Days'. At the age of 19, he became the youngest male artist to score two No.1's since Donny Osmond in 1973.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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04 Aug 2005
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death
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Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932) |
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04 Aug 2005
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death
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Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934) |
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04 Aug 2005
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Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th Governor General. |
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04 Aug 2005
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music
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American blues singer and guitarist Little Milton died. Milton had suffered a brain aneurysm on 25th July 2005 and had lapsed into a coma. He signed to Sun records in 1953 and had the 1965 US No.25 single 'We're Gonna Make It'.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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04 Aug 2010
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music
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Don Henley reached an out-of-court settlement with Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore who used parodies of two Eagles' hits for an election campaign without permission. 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance' and 'The Boys of Summer' were used in campaign videos on YouTube as 'All She Wants To Do Is Tax' and 'Hope Of November'.
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