| General Information for August 4th 2016 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 217 of 2016 |
| 149 days left in 2016 |
| Week 31 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1944 - After more than two years of hiding, Anne Frank and her family are arrested on this date by Nazis. |
| 1875 - Danish fairy tales' author Hans Christian Andersen passes away near Copenhagen, Denmark, after suffering from liver cancer. |
| 1783 - Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths. |
| 70 - The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. |