August 4

[edit] Events

70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar captured by English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1914 - World War I: Germany invades Belgium; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany.
1964 - American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1984 - The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present both sides of controversial issues.
2007 - The first Sachsentag (Saxon day) meetings in held in Saxony, Germany by German nationalists.

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