Wednesday 4 August 2010

On This Day - 4th August


1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley born
1901 - Louis Armstrong born
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg born
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton born
1961 - Barack Obama born
1962 - Roger Clemens born
1964 - FBI agents uncover the bodies of three missing civil rights workers at a dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
1971 - Jeff Gordon born
1972 - The man who tried to assassinate Governor George Wallace is sentenced to 63 years in jail.
1987 - Moors murderer Ian Brady claims he was involved in another five killings.
2000 - Celebrations take place all over the United Kingdom to mark the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
2002 - Police have say they are "extremely concerned" over the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman from their homes in Soham, Cambridgeshire.

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