EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 4
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Day 215 of 2026 | Week 32 | 144 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Chinese swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle WR 46.40 2024; 4 x World C'ship gold 2024)
American pop singer (Mat and Savanna)
Brazilian actress and model (Blue Beetle)
French jockey (Kentucky Derby 2019; Preakness Stakes 2021; Prix Marcel Boussac 2013)
American pop and R&B singer
Australian singer (Young Divas)
Russian-German pop singer (Farbenspiel)
American R&B singer (Immature-IMx) and actor
Scottish chef (Masterchef Australia judge)
Iraqi politician and militia leader (Sadrist Movement)
American political correspondent (Fox News)
American attorney and politician (Rep-D-NY 2013
Brazilian heavy metal guitarist and singer (Sepultura)
American actor (seaQuest DSV; Gilmore Girls)
1.5k runner
🎯 yow.com Connection
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