It happened one 04 August

1789 : Abolition of privileges


On the night of August 4, 1789, the Constituent Assembly abolished the privileges of the nobility resulting from the feudal system in order to calm the peasant revolt that was spreading in the countryside. The whole feudal system is abolished.

1944 : Anne Frank arrested


On August 4, 1944, Anne Frank, her family and other people sharing their refuge in a warehouse in Amsterdam, were captured by the Gestapo and deported to concentration camps. Anne Frank was 15 yearsold. She died in the Bergen-Belsen camp in March 1945.

1946 : Earthquake in the Dominican Republic


On August 4, 1946, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale hit the Dominican Republic. 100 people were killed. The relatively small number of victims, compared to the magnitude, was due to the fact that the earthquake occurred in the afternoon when everyone was outside.

1974 : A bomb exploded in Italicus Express


On August 4, 1974, a bomb exploded in the night train Italicus Express which was traveling from Rome to Munich. 12 people were killed and 48 injured.
The attack was perpetrated by neo-fascist organization Ordine Nuovo.

1984 : Upper Volta became Burkina Faso


On August 4, 1984, Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso, (the land of honorable people). This change was wanted by the president of the National Council for the Revolution, Thomas Sankara, who came to power on 4 August 1983 by a coup.

Latest news : 04 August

National Day in Cook Islands
August 4 is the national holiday in the Cook Islands which commemorate their Constitution adopted on August 4, 1965. Cook Islands, which include 15 islands, are an independent state, but associated with New Zealand, ruling their internal affairs but without international sovereignty.

Quote of the day : 04 August

Barack Obama
I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

Birthdays : 04 August

Louis Vuitton, French designer (1821)
Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1859)
Henri Cornet, French cyclist (1884)
Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (1901)
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat and humanitarian (1912)
Michel Déon, French writer (1919)
George Irving Bell, American mountaineer and physicist (1926)
Thierry Roland, Sports commentator (1937)
Ted Strickland, American politician (1941)
Don S. Davis, American actor (1942)
Richard Belzer, American actor (1944)
Marie-France Cubadda, French journalist (1947)
François Valéry, French singer (1954)
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain (1960)
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (1961)
Michael Marsh, American athlete (1965)
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden (1965)
Luc Leblanc, French cyclist (1966)
Daniel Dae Kim, Corean American actor (1968)
Max Cavalera, Brazilian musician (Sepultura) (1969)
Michael DeLuise, American actor (1969)
Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer (1977)
Emmanuelle Boidron, French actress (1978)

They left us one 04 August

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer (1875)
Melvyn Douglas, American actor (1981)
Jeanne Calment, Person who lived the longest in the world (122 years) (1997)
Victor Mature, American actor (1999)
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American virologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003)

Tip of the Day : 04 August

Make a ghost leave your home


Sometimes when you get into a new house, you may feel that a spirit inhabits it : you notice some strange sounds, apparitions and objects moved. You may therefore want your peacefulness to be restored, whether the ghost is well disposed towards you or malicious.

The first thing to do is talk to it, gently, telling it of our desire to live in peace with it. You should never talk to it badly because if it is malevolent, it could attack you or our family.

You can also get rid of negative energy by hooking a bunch of dried sage leaves to a stick, light it and walk in the house. The smoke from the sage leaves remove negative waves. Be careful then not to set fire to the house.

If no improvement is visible, you can make use of professional experts in the field. For example, a priest will bless your house while a medium will try to determine what the ghost wants and why it acts the way it does.

If you tried everything and the situation has not changed or worsened, you can try to perform an exorcism on your house to make the ghost leave. You must call for a priest trained in this practice. You can check with your usual priest in order to get into contact with a competent person.

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