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2000: HRH The Queen Mother

It happened today – this day in history – August 4

04/08/202003/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Anne Frank, August 4, Churchill, Fanny Blankers-Koen, history, Holly Wells, Jesse Owens, Jessica Chapman, Lizzie Borden, Mandela, Mark Duggan, Mozart, Oscar Pistorius, Queen Mother, Robert Plant

1265: Prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort the younger at the Battle of Evesham. 1306: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is

1983: Motown bass player James Jamerson

It happened today – this day in history – August 2

02/08/202001/08/2020 Mick Ferris 0 Comments Apple, August 2, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Gulf War, history, Iraq, James Jamerson, King William II, Kuwait, Lewis Carroll, Motown, Mussolini, Napoleon, Olympics, Warren G Harding, Wild Bill Hickok

216BC: The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae during the Second