{"id":23003,"date":"2020-08-04T05:39:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T00:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23003"},"modified":"2020-08-01T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T12:17:25","slug":"history-of-4-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-4-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 4 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich Kuwait.<\/li><li>1991 &#8211; The\u00a0<em>Oceanos<\/em>, a Greek luxury liner, sank off of South Africa&#8217;s southeast coast. All of the 402 passengers and 179 crewmembers survived.<\/li><li>1994 &#8211; Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs. The border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia was sealed.<\/li><li>1996 &#8211; Josia Thugwane won a gold medal after finishing first in the marathon. He became the first black South African to win a gold medal.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS (United Parcel Service). The strikers eventually won an increase in full-time positions and defeated a proposed reorganization of the company&#8217;s pension plan.<\/li><li>2007 &#8211; NASA&#8217;s Phoenix spacecraft was launched on a space exploration mission of Mars. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008.<\/li><li>2009 &#8211; North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year. <\/li><li>2019\u00a0\u2013 Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in\u00a0Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 12 hours after another mass shooting in\u00a0El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Benjamin Lauth, German footballer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Abigail Spencer, American actress<\/li><li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Meghan Markle, American actress and humanitarian, and member of\u00a0British Royal Family<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter<\/li><li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Mardy Collins, American basketball player<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Robbie Findley, American soccer player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Mark Milligan, Australian footballer<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nick Augusto, American drummer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Cicinho, Brazilian footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0David Williams, Australian rugby league player<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor and singer<\/li><li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Marreese Speights\u00a0American basketball player<\/li><li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor<\/li><li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress<\/li><li>1989\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tomasz Kaczor, Polish sprint canoeist<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_4#cite_note-15\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress<\/li><li>1989 \u2013\u00a0Wang Hao, Chinese chess player<\/li><li>1990\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hikmet Balio\u011flu, Turkish footballer<\/li><li>1990 \u2013\u00a0Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer<\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer<\/li><li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Izet Hajrovi\u0107, Bosnian footballer<\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Dylan Sprouse, American actor<\/li><li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Cole Sprouse, American actor<\/li><li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pauli Pauli, Australian rugby league player<\/li><li>1995\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; The European Community imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq and Kuwait. This was done to protest the Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich Kuwait. 1991 &#8211; The\u00a0Oceanos, a Greek luxury liner, sank off of South Africa&#8217;s southeast coast. 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