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Today's Special
Us Coast Guard Day
Us Coast Guard Day
Historical Events on August 4.
● 1854, 4th August: Official use of the Hinomaru flag by Japanese ships.
● 1914, 4th August: World War I – Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. The United States declared itself neutral.
● 1947, 4th August: Establishment of the Supreme Court of Japan.
● 1956, 4th August: India’s sixth nuclear power plant, Apsara, was commissioned at Bhabha Atomic Power Station, Turbhe.
● 2001, 4th August: India’s first skin bank, which donates posthumous skin and gives life to others, was established at Lokmanya Tilak Hospital in Mumbai.
● 2007, 4th August: NASA launched Phoenix Spacecraft.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 4.
● 1522: Udai Singh II, the Maharana of Mewar and the founder of the city of Udaipur.
● 1730: Sadashivrao Peshwa, the Sardar Senapati of the Maratha army at the third battle of Panipat
● 1845: Pherozeshah Mehta, an Indian politician, and lawyer.
● 1929: Kishore Kumar, an Indian playback singer, actor, music director, lyricist, writer, director, producer, and screenwriter.
● 1944: Dilip Prabhavalkar, an Indian actor, director, playwright, and author.
● 1961: Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
● 1965: Vishal Bhardwaj, an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer, and playback singer.
● 1967: Arbaaz Khan, an Indian actor, director, and film producer.
● 1972: Balkrishna, an Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 4.
● 1875: H.C. Andersen, a Danish author.
● 1937: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, an Indian historian and lawyer.
● 2006: Nandini Satpathy, an Indian politician and author and former chief minister of Odisha.
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Today's Quotes
We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.
We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill
