A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.
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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.
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
Lil Skies
1998
American rapper and singer-songwriter (born 1998)
Bruna Marquezine
1995
Brazilian actress and director (born 1995)
Bobby Shmurda
1994
American rapper, songwriter, and criminal (born 1994)
Daniele Garozzo
1992
Italian fencer (born 1992)
Domingo Germán
1992
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)One highlighted entry is from 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.
People listed for August 4 include Lil Skies (1998), Bruna Marquezine (1995), and Bobby Shmurda (1994).
Observances listed for August 4 include Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August, Christian feast day: Aristarchus, and Christian feast day: August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
