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August 4

MTS Oceanos in 1986

1265 – Second Barons' War: Royal troops led by Prince Edward defeated baronial forces under Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in Worcestershire, England.
1862 – In Brooklyn, a mob composed largely of Irish Americans attacked a group of African Americans in a riot.
1991 – An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos (pictured) ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.
2006 – Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Mutur.
2020 – A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.

Henry I of France (d. 1060)
Samuel J. Tilden (d. 1886)
Clair Blank (b. 1915)
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (b. 1981)

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I removed the entry about Brittany’s union with France: as the entry about the Unit says it took place on the 13th 86.183.184.132 (talk) 13:47, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Toddst1 (talk) 15:31, 30 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

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