What are the important events that happened on August 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 4 is the 216^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 22, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,754,265,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecahexagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 197 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,609 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 4 Historical Events

• 367 –
  Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus by his father and associated to the throne aged eight.
• 1854 –
  The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
• 1873 –
  Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Sioux near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• 1916 –
  World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
• 1947 –
  The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• 1965 –
  The Constitution of Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• 1974 –
  A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• 1993 –
  A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.
• 2006 –
  A massacre, is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
• 2010 –
  California’s Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state’s voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

Who were born on August 4?

• 1884 –
  Béla Balázs, Hungarian-Jewish film critic, writer and poet (d. 1949)
• 1904 –
  Joe Tate, English footballer (d. 1973)
• 1942 –
  Cleon Jones, American baseball player
• 1945 –
  Alan Mulally, American businessman
• 1965 –
  Crystal Chappell, American actress
• 1976 –
  Andrew McLeod, Australian rules footballer
• 1981 –
  Marques Houston, American singer (IMx) and actor
• 1985 –
  Crystal Bowersox, American singer
• 1987 –
  Jang Geun-suk, Korean actor
• 1991 –
  Lucinda Dryzek, British actress

Who died on August 4?

• 1265 –
  Killed in the Battle of Evesham: Peter de Montfort (b. c. 1215)
• 1526 –
  Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (b. 1476)
• 1578 –
  Thomas Stukley, English adventurer (b. c. 1520)
• 1718 –
  René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French lord-founder of the town of Rimouski in New France (b. 1656)
• 1967 –
  Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 –
  Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (b. 1894)
• 1999 –
  Rodney Ansell, Australian who was the inspiration for Crocodile Dundee (b. 1953)
• 2000 –
  Leslie Glass, American adult film actress (b. 1963)
• 2007 –
  Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2011 –
  Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (b. 1977)