Video: 'Babe' trailer
(Friday, August 4, 1995) — Babe, a comedy-drama family film about a pig raised by sheepdogs who learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett, was released today in the U.S.
Directed by Chris Noonan, the film starred James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski and Christine Cavanaugh.
Video: 'Abba - Dancing Queen'
(Monday, August 4, 1975) — The Swedish pop group ABBA began recording their hit single “Dancing Queen” today at Glen Studio outside Stockholm for release a year later.
(Monday, August 4, 1975) — Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and his family were seriously injured in a car accident today while vacationing in Rhodes, Greece, forcing the band to postpone its U.S. tour.
Video: 'Peter Jennings - Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (1995)' (Aug. 4, 1945, at 55:34)
(Saturday, August 4, 1945, 3:00 p.m. JST; during World War II) — On Tinian Island, the crews chosen to fly the Enola Gay mission were briefed today, but no one mentioned the words “atomic bomb.”
