Events That Happened on August 4

Beirut Port explosion: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Beirut, Lebanon.

Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. This comes only 13 hours after another mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) expel the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border, concluding the second phase of the Deir ez-Zor campaign.

Crisis in Venezuela: Seven people are injured when two drones detonate explosives on Avenida Bolívar, Caracas while president Nicolás Maduro is giving a speech to the Venezuelan National Guard.

NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is launched.

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).

Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence begins.

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views.

The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.

A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.

Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians.

Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.

The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.

Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.

Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The Supreme Court of Japan is established.

An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.

The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.

Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of Finland to replace the resigned Risto Ryti.

Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.

Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict: Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina.

World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.

World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.

The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.

The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.

Granny, a sea anemone, died in Edinburgh after nearly 60 years in captivity. Her death was reported in The Scotsman and The New York Times.

American Indian Wars: While 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 Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.

The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.

The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.

War of 1812: The ultimately unsuccessful Siege of Fort Erie begins as British forces attempt to recapture the fort and drive American forces out of Canada.

French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.

The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.

A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).

France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.

Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people (Tenmei eruption). The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC factories on the West coast of Sumatra including the major port of Padang.

War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.

Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.

Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.

First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.

Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.

Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.

Lil Skies, American rapper

Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress

Bobby Shmurda, American rapper

Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer

Domingo Germán, Dominican baseball player

Cole Sprouse, American actor

Dylan Sprouse, American actor

Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress

Wang Hao, Chinese chess grandmaster

Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player

Marreese Speights American basketball player

Nick Augusto, American drummer

Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer

Cicinho, Brazilian footballer

Iosia Soliola, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

David Williams, Australian rugby league player

Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robbie Findley, American soccer player

Mark Milligan, Australian footballer

Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player

Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer

Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player

Mardy Collins, American basketball player

Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, American member of British Royal Family, media personality and actress

Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach

Robin Peterson, South African cricketer

Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Luke Allen, American baseball player (died 2022)

Kurt Busch, American race car driver

Agnė Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter

Ricardo Serrano, Spanish cyclist

Per-Åge Skrøder, Norwegian ice hockey player

Satoshi Hino, Japanese voice actor

Frankie Kazarian, American wrestler

Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer and manager

Paul Goldstein, American tennis player

Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer

Trevor Woodman, English rugby player and coach

Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (died 2009)

Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer

Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress

Kily González, Argentine footballer

Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Xavier Marchand, French swimmer

Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer

Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor

John August, American director and screenwriter

Bret Baier, American journalist

Kate Silverton, English journalist

Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor

Lee Mack, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Michael Marsh, American sprinter

Vishal Bhardwaj, Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer

Adam Afriyie, English businessman and politician

Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden

Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager

Andrew Bartlett, Australian social worker and politician

Keith Maurice Ellison, 30th Attorney General of Minnesota

Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor

Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey

Dean Malenko, American wrestler

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain

Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer

Tim Winton, Australian author and playwright

Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2002)

John Gormley, Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic

Mary Decker, American runner

Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

Brian Voss, American bowler

Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor

Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author

Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach

John Wark, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General

Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine

Steve Phillips, English footballer

François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter

Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager

James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player

Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician

Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic

Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)

N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry

John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach

Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (died 2022)

Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist

Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor

Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman

Richard Belzer, American actor (died 2023)

Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician

Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias (died 2019)

Barbara Saß-Viehweger, German politician, lawyer and civil law notary

Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer

Don S. Davis, American actor (died 2008)

Cleon Jones, American baseball player

David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2005)

Martin Jarvis, English actor

Andy Smillie, English footballer

Cliff Nobles, American musician (died 2008)

Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio

Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)

Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician

Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (died 2009)

Frances Stewart, English economist and academic

Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)

Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock and roll singer (died 2015)

Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic

David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (died 2011)

Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (died 2005)

Carol Arthur, American actress and producer (died 2020)

Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (died 1997)

Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (died 2013)

Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (died 2017)

Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic (died 2020)

Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (died 2010)

Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (died 2002)

Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar

Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1987)

Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (died 2012)

Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Nadežka Mosusova, Serbian composer

Clarke Reed, American businessman and politician (died 2024)

George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (died 2000)

Perry Moss, American football player and coach (died 2014)

Mayme Agnew Clayton, American librarian (died 2006)

Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (died 2012)

Herb Ellis, American guitarist (died 2010)

Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2000)

Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (died 2013)

Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2016)

Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (died 2012)

John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (died 2012)

Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (died 2007)

Wesley Addy, American actor (died 1996)

Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (died 1980)

Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (died 1999)

David Raksin, American composer and educator (died 2004)

Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat, savior of thousands of Jews from The Holocaust (died ~1947)

Anita Page, American actress (died 2008)

William Schuman, American composer and educator (died 1992)

Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (died 2011)

Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic (died 1988)

Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (died 1994)

Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (died 1973)

Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar (died 1972)

Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (died 1969)

Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (died 1981)

Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (died 1971)

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (died 2002)

Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1994)

Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (died 1975)

Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (died 1973)

Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1957)

Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 1965)

Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967)

Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (died 1949)

Henri Cornet, French cyclist (died 1941)

Dame Laura Knight, English artist (died 1970)

Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (died 1970)

John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (died 1934)

William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (died 1934)

Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (died 1950)

Master C. V. V., Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1922)

Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (died 1918)

Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (died 1935)

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952)

John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic (died 1902)

Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (died 1929)

Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (died 1894)

Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup, Danish architect (died 1907)

John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)

Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (died 1892)

James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1881)

William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1865)

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (died 1822)

Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (died 1805)

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1803)

Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (died 1767)

Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (died 1752)

Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (died 1757)

Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) (died 1685)

François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (died 1676)

Udai Singh II, King of Mewar (died 1572)

Pope Urban VII (died 1590)

Bernardo Dovizi, Italian cardinal (died 1520)

Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (died 1553)

Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1528)

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (died 1503)

Leopold I, Duke of Austria (died 1326)

Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (died 1311)

Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (died 1262)

Charles Cyphers, American actor (born 1939)

Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

Duane Thomas, American football player (born 1947)

Dalia Fadila, Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)

Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (born 1926)

Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)

Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1919)

John Rudometkin, American basketball player (born 1940)

Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (born 1936)

James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)

Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (born 1940)

Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (born 1925)

Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)

Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1930)

Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1922)

Sandy Woodward, English admiral (born 1932)

Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)

Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (born 1918)

Bud Riley, American football player and coach (born 1925)

Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (born 1977)

Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (born 1957)

Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (born 1985)

Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)

Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (born 1932)

Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (born 1934)

Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (born 1921)

Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (born 1956)

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Victor Mature, American actor (born 1913)

Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)

Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (born 1936)

Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (born 1909)

Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (born 1894)

Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (born 1933)

Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (born 1904)

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (born 1901)

Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)

Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (born 1894)

Peter Smith, English cricketer (born 1908)

Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (born 1890)

Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (born 1926)

Margarito Bautista, Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)

József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1898)

Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (born 1883)

John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (born 1882)

Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (born 1869)

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (born 1921)

Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (born 1860)

Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (born 1883)

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (born 1880)

Pearl White, American actress (born 1889)

Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (born 1868)

Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (born 1881)

Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1845)

Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (born 1853)

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (born 1860)

Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (born 1814)

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1805)

Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (born 1834)

John Vianney, French priest and saint (born 1786)

Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (born 1773)

Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (born 1801)

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (born 1731)

Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1711)

John Burgoyne, English general and politician (born 1723)

Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (born 1698)

Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (born 1676)

Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (born 1647)

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (born 1656)

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (born 1581)

Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (born 1549)

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1520)

Sebastian of Portugal (born 1554)

Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (born 1476)

Philip I, Duke of Brabant (born 1404)

Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan (born c. 1320)

As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (born 1326)

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (born 1289)

Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers (born 1230)

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

Casualties of the Battle of Eversham

Gertrude of Saxony, countess and regent of Holland (born c. 1030)

Henry I of France (born 1008)

Berengar II of Italy (born 900)

Lady Zhen, Chinese empress (born 183)

Christian feast day: Aristarchus

Christian feast day: Euphronius

Christian feast day: Blessed Frédéric Janssoone

Christian feast day: John Vianney

Christian feast day: Molua (or Lua)

Christian feast day: Raynerius of Split

Christian feast day: Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs

Christian feast day: August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Coast Guard Day (United States)

Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August

Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia)

Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States

2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon