Discover what happened on 4 August 1957 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Washington Luís (President of Brazil (1869-1957))
- Walter F. George (American politician (1878-1957))
- Gyula Laziczius (Hungarian linguist (1896-1957))
- Hermann Consten
- Eugenio Pérez (Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1946 to 1953)
- Walter Bälz
- Erville Alderson (actor (1881-1957))
- Eugène Hélary (French engineer)
- Lumley Lyster (Royal Navy admiral (1888–1957))
- Oscar Escudero Otárola (Chilean diplomat)
- Talât Artemel (Turkish actor, film director and screenwriter)
- Ivan Zorman (Slovene poet)
- John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria, Australia (1882-1957))
- William Cade (Australian musician)
- Einride Tveito (Norwegian writer (1877-1957))
- Léonide Keigel (French chemical engineer and film distributor (1904-1957))
- Julie-Henriette-Martha Fontana (Belgian mycologist and botanist (1889-1957))
- Palmyre Buyst
- Maxime Fortin
- John Percy Crawley ((1902-1957))
- John Chambré ((1879-1957))
- Helena Westropp ((died 1957))
- Ruth Evans ((died 1957))
- Jindřich Bedřich Heller
- Clara Hazel Busch ((1895-1957))
- Karel Millaard (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
- Jaroslav Augustin
- Otto von Zwiedineck-Südenhorst (Austrian economist (1871–1957))
- Norina Matchabelli (actress (1880–1957))