August 4: on this day in history
A few events that happened on August 4. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1704An Anglo-Dutch fleet captured Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean.
- 1791The Ottoman Empire and Austria signed the Treaty of Sistova, ending the war.
- 1821The first issue of the long-running American magazine The Saturday Evening Post was published.
- 1984The West African country of Upper Volta was renamed Burkina Faso.
- 2007NASA's Phoenix spacecraft was launched to study Mars's northern polar region.
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