Talk:August 4

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August 4 USS Maddox (DD-731) 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Army of Italy decisively defeated Austrian forces led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato. 1830 – American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners. 1964 – Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force. 1983 – Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara. 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) Jeff Gordon (b. 1971) Mariah May (b. 1998) Keith H. Basso (d. 2013) More anniversaries: August 3 August 4 August 5

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Brittany

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)

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