4th of August 2020
4th of August 2020 is the 217th day of the year.
This day in history:
1265: Battle of Evesham - ...more
1347: Calais Captured and Colonised - ...more
1870: Foundation of the Red Cross - ...more
1914: Britain declares War on Germany - ...more
2012: Super Saturday - ...more
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British quote for the day:
All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. - George Eliot.
Born today:
Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1792, Edward Irving - 1792, Walter Pater - 1839, Harry Lauder - 1870, Elizabeth, The Queen Mother - 1900, Harold Hobson - 1904, Jack Cunningham - 1939, Luke Patience - 1986.
Died today:
Simon de Montfort - 1265, William Cecil - 1598, William Aytoun - 1865, Rodney Smith - 1947, Roy Thomson - 1976, Don Whillans - 1985.
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