Important Events Of August – 04

2021-08-04

Events

1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly”.
1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.
1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
2006 – 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).
2007 – NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft is launched.

Birth

Wang Hao

Wang Hao born August 4, 1989 is a Chinese chess grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang became the fourth Chinese player to break through the 2700 Elo rating mark.
In 2005, he became China’s 20th Grandmaster at the age of 16.
As with Gata Kamsky, Wang Hao became a grandmaster without first gaining an International Master title. He achieved his three Grandmaster norms at the,
2005 Aeroflot Open A2 Group in Moscow, Russia (February 14–24); score 6.5/9
2005 Dubai Open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (April 4–12); score 7.0/9
2005 2nd Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 19–26); score 10/11.

Death

Craig Jones

Craig Jones (16 January 1985 – 4 August 2008) was an English motorcycle racer.
He grew up in the town of Northwich in Cheshire and attended Charles Darwin Primary School, and later Hartford High School.
He died in 2008, shortly after a racing accident when he fell and was struck by another motorcycle.