August 4, 2005
[1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, lyric poet, born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex, England]
[1901 - (Daniel) Louis Armstrong, jazz musician (trumpet), Grammy Award singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana]
[1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, diplomat, humanitarian, born in Stockholm, Sweden]
[1921 - Maurice Richard, Hockey Hall of Famer, born in Verdun, Quebec, Canada]
[1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio wins his last auto race,
captures world driving championship for fifth consecutive year]
[1964 - USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox report attack by N. Vietnamese PT boats in Tonkin Gulf]
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