On This Day for August 4 - Gibraltar captured by Britain, Barack Obama is featured, and more

Created: 2020-08-04 10:03 Updated: 2020-08-04 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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August 04

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Barack Obama

FEATURED EVENT

1704

Gibraltar captured by Britain

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2007: The U.S. space probe Phoenix was launched, and a year later it landed on Mars. Among its most-important discoveries was the existence of water ice beneath the planet's surface. [ Test your knowledge of space exploration.]

1962: American baseball pitcher Roger Clemens—who was one of the most successful pitchers in history and the first to win the Cy Young Award seven times—was born in Dayton, Ohio. [ How much do you know about baseball?]

1944: The secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and seven others were hiding was discovered by the Gestapo; all were sent to concentration camps, with only Otto Frank surviving.

1914: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Great Britain entered World War I, declaring war on Germany. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I.]

1901: Louis Armstrong, a prolifically gifted natural musician and the leading trumpeter in jazz history, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. [Take our music quiz.]

1892: Lizzie Borden's parents were murdered in Fall River, Massachusetts. [Read about 10 “trials of the century,” including the case involving Lizzie Borden.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1961

Barack Obama
president of United States

1955

Billy Bob Thornton
American actor, director, and writer

1901

Louis Armstrong
American musician

1900

Elizabeth
queen consort of United Kingdom

1792

Percy Bysshe Shelley
English poet