Daily Calendar for Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Died
- King Henry I of France –
- Hans Christian Andersen (writer) –
- Pearl White (actress) –
- Melvyn Douglas (actor) –
Born
- Louis Armstrong (American musician; born in New Orleans, Louisiana) –
- William Howard Schuman (composer) –
- Billy Bob Thornton (actor) –
- Barack Obama (44th U.S. president) –
- Roger Clemens (baseball player) –
- Jeff Gordon (race car driver) –
- Kurt Busch (race car driver) –
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse (actors) –
Events
- In a triumph for freedom of the press, newspaperman John Peter Zenger was acquitted of the charge of seditious libel –
- George Washington became a Master Mason –
- What is now Prince Edward Island became separate from Nova Scotia –
- The Saturday Evening Post was published for the first time as a weekly newspaper –
- Aurora visible in much of the United States –
- Thomas Stevens was the first to bicycle across the United States, leaving San Francisco on April 22 and arriving on this day in Boston to complete his transcontinental trip. –
- The family of Lizzie Borden was found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts –
- Canada entered WWI –
- The Gestapo found Anne Frank –
- Three civil rights workers (James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner) were found murdered outside Philadelphia, Mississippi –
- Major geomagnetic storm –
- President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating the United States Department of Energy –
- Phoenix Mars Lander launched, Cape Canaveral, Florida –
Weather
- Spokane, Washington, reached a record high temperature of 108 degrees F –
- 112 degrees F at Walla Walla, Washington –
- Walla Walla, Washington recorded high temperature of 114°F –