Профиль

Black Ghost aka Juodasis Vaiduoklis is a bronze sculpture sculpted by Svajunas Jurkus and Sergejus Plotnikovas located at the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania.

August 4, 1982: Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game.

August 4, 1900: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2002)

August 4, 1922: The 13 million telephones in the USA observe a minute's silence in memory of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

August 4, 1967: Pink Floyd releases their first album "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", their only record made under the leadership of Syd Barrett.

August 4, 1944 Anne Frank & family are arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified.

August 4, 1985: New York Yankees retire champion Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto's #10.

August 4, 1873: Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, US 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the 1st time with the Sioux near the Tongue River. One man killed on each side.

August 4, 1962

August 4, 1821 Louis Vuitton, founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, is born in Anchay, France (d. 1892).

August 4, 2015: Muppets Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end to their relationship on Twitter.

August 4, 1943: Actress Tina Cole (My Three Sons - "Katie") is born in Hollywood, California.

August 4, 1975

August 4, 1956: Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog."

August 4, 1961: Barack Obama, 44th United States President (Democrat: 2009-17) and first African-American president, born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

August 4, 1693: Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pérignon's invention of Champagne.