A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 4 throughout history.
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The Zohar is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on...
Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returns to Kronstadt after being the first to circumnavigate Antarctica
US President Woodrow Wilson issues his "Proclamation of Neutrality" to keep the United States out of the war in Europe [1]
The first train carrying Jews departs from Mechelen, Belgium, for Auschwitz
Anne Frank is arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who is never identified
Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis sign a peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania
FCC votes 4-0 to rescind the Fairness Doctrine for broadcasters
The Billboard Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Australian cricket spinner Shane Warne skittles England (162) with 6/33 to guide tourists to a 7-wicket third Test victory at Trent Bridge; Aussies regain the Ashes with a record seventh straight Test win against England
American revolution patriot Paul Revere (22) weds Sarah Orne in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Musician Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (26) weds Constanze Weber in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria
Author of Moby-Dick, American novelist Herman Melville (28) marries Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Sea battle at Zwartewaal: William, Duke of Bavaria, defeats the forces of his mother, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and her English allies
Battle of The Three Kings [Battle of Alcazar quivir): Moroccans defeat a Moroccan-Portuguese alliance in northern Morocco with 10,000 killed
Johan Maurits is appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Christopher, killing thousands
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pérignon's invention of Champagne
The Peace of Montreal: Thirty Amerindian tribes sign an accord guaranteeing their neutrality in the event of conflict between France and England [1]
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict, fought between 1701 and 1714.
Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of NY (a victory for freedom of the press)
Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, a precursor to the circus
French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly meets and issues the first decrees that abolish centuries of feudalism in France
United States Revenue Cutter Service is established to serve as an armed customs enforcement service (becoming the US Coast Guard in 1915)
The Treaty of Sistova ended the last Austro-Turkish war (1787–91). Brokered by Great Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands, it was signed in Sistova (modern Svishtov) in Bulgaria on 4 August 1791.
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was first published in 1821, and published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It was published every other week until 1969.
Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Emigrant ship Cataraqui wrecks in Bass Strait with the loss of 400 lives; only nine survive, Australia's deadliest maritime civilian disaster [1]
The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships
Land and naval action near Brazos Santiago, Texas
The British Red Cross Society (Welsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig) is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent...
Seville is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.
The Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 (Spanish: Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991), is the Constitution of the Republic of Colombia.
Henry Allen Rucker (November 14, 1852—May 11, 1924) was an African American entrepreneur and politician.
An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French, and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down the Boxer Rebellion
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames in East London. The southern entrance is by the Cutty Sark in Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich), with the northern entrance located at...
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice is elected Pope Pius X, known as the "Pope of the Poor and Humble"
German fleet under Admiral Wilhelm Souchon fire on the Algerian coast
Denmark and the United States sign a treaty whereby the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, are ceded to the US in 1917 for $25 million
Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests, and officers
Hungarian communist leader Béla Kun flees to Vienna after the Hungarian Soviet Republic is overthrown by the Romanian Army
Lizzie Murphy becomes the first female to play against MLB players in a charity exhibition: All-Stars from New England and the AL vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA).
Cleveland Indians, trailing 6-5 in the 9th with 2 outs, score an AL record-tying 9 runs to beat the NY Yankees 14-6
Child labor laws established in Belgium
Nazi collaborators blow up Jewish synagogue in Zandvoort, Netherlands
Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen becomes the first MLB player to catch three foul pop-ups in one inning (third) in an 11-6 win against the NY Giants
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
British premier Winston Churchill travels to Canada on the Queen Mary
Red Sox outfielder Tom McBride drives in an MLB record-tying 6 runs in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win against Washington
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 people and leaving 20,000 homeless
Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide events that affected other endeavors as well. World War II raged early in the decade, and just like baseballers, many popular boxers went overseas...
An American sweep of the medals in the 110 m hurdles at the London Olympics with William Porter taking gold, ahead of Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon
Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
First flight of the supersonic P-1 Lightning from Boscombe Down
At a NASCAR Grand National race in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lee Petty stops his car on lap 32, climbs the flagstand, and waves a red flag to the field, halting the race due to dusty conditions; the race is never completed
Rocket-propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 mph (3,460 km/h)
28th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000 attendees)
Bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James E. Chaney are discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam
The Cook Islands become self-governing for the first time since 1823, governing internally with New Zealand responsible for external affairs
Eighth British Empire and Commonwealth Games open in Kingston, Jamaica; first Games held outside the "White Dominions"
34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934 attendees)
WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
The US launches the first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft
New York Yankees pitcher Lindy McDaniel puts in one of the best relief stints in MLB history, entering in the second inning and allowing only one run in 13 innings in a 3-2 win against the Detroit Tigers
The Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor
England beats Australia by 8 wickets in the limited-overs cricket international at Lord's; it is the first time women are permitted to play on the main square at "the home of cricket"
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
USSR performs a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Hurricane Aline kills 272 people in Texas and the Caribbean
Columbia is mated with SRBs and an external tank for the STS-2 mission
Outfielder Joel Youngblood is the only MLB player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day: singles for the Mets in a Chicago day game, gets traded, then singles for the Expos in a Philadelphia night game
Bettino Craxi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, the first Socialist to hold the office
American hang glider Larry Tudor sets a world record for gain of height, climbing 4,343 meters in one flight [1] [2]
Reports of a probable OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) agreement on output quotas send oil prices higher
During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly...
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 when it suffered uncontrolled flooding.
In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men's and women's doubles go to South Korea
Angolan air force bombs Huambo
Galaxy Dwingeloo 1 near the Milky Way is discovered
"The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show" premieres on Fox TV
Soham murders: 10-year-old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire
Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and is replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who is sworn in on 23 August
Mark Duggan is shot by police in London at 29, sparking widespread riots that cause an estimated £200 million in property damage
A suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen, kills 45 people
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist...
A plague of locusts in southern Russia prompts a state of emergency to be declared
Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after the chemical fipronil is found in eggs from the Netherlands
Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith hits a brilliant 142 following his first innings of 144 in the first Test against England at Edgbaston; he is only the fourth batsman of all time to score more than 140 in each innings of a Test match
COVID-19 infection spike forces a return to lockdown in Manila and surrounding provinces in the Philippines, affecting 27 million people as cases surpass 100,000
Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad go 1-2 in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics; McLaughlin sets a world record of 51.46 seconds
A Russian court sentences WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling amid claims she is being used as a pawn between the US and Russia [1]
Mudslide in the Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people following Typhoon Khanun [1]
At the Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win the 100 m gold medal in 20 years; his time of 9.784 seconds edges Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 seconds
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1792-08-04.
Sheldon Adelson, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1933-08-04.
David Lange is born
Barack Obama is born
Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter, known for american actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter, was born on 1956-08-04.
Meghan Markle, American member of the british royal family, known for american member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-08-04.
Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker, known for american actress and filmmaker, was born on 1984-08-04. Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director.
Cole Sprouse, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1993-08-04. Cole Mitchell Sprouse is an American actor.
Dylan Sprouse, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1993-08-04. Dylan Thomas Sprouse is an American actor.
Maurice Richard, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1921-08-04.
Roger Clemens, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1963-08-04.
Jeff Gordon, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1972-08-04.
Sea battle at Zwartewaal: William, Duke of Bavaria, defeats the forces of his mother, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and her English allies
The Zohar is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on...
Battle of The Three Kings [Battle of Alcazar quivir): Moroccans defeat a Moroccan-Portuguese alliance in northern Morocco with 10,000 killed
Johan Maurits is appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Christopher, killing thousands
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pérignon's invention of Champagne
The Peace of Montreal: Thirty Amerindian tribes sign an accord guaranteeing their neutrality in the event of conflict between France and England [1]
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict, fought between 1701 and 1714.
Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of NY (a victory for freedom of the press)
American revolution patriot Paul Revere (22) weds Sarah Orne in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, a precursor to the circus
Musician Wolfang Amadeus Mozart (26) weds Constanze Weber in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria
French Revolution: The National Constituent Assembly meets and issues the first decrees that abolish centuries of feudalism in France
United States Revenue Cutter Service is established to serve as an armed customs enforcement service (becoming the US Coast Guard in 1915)
The Treaty of Sistova ended the last Austro-Turkish war (1787–91). Brokered by Great Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands, it was signed in Sistova (modern Svishtov) in Bulgaria on 4 August 1791.
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, known for english poet, was born on 1792-08-04.
Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returns to Kronstadt after being the first to circumnavigate Antarctica
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was first published in 1821, and published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It was published every other week until 1969.
Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Emigrant ship Cataraqui wrecks in Bass Strait with the loss of 400 lives; only nine survive, Australia's deadliest maritime civilian disaster [1]
Author of Moby-Dick, American novelist Herman Melville (28) marries Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships
Land and naval action near Brazos Santiago, Texas
The British Red Cross Society (Welsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig) is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent...
Seville is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.
The Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 (Spanish: Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991), is the Constitution of the Republic of Colombia.
Henry Allen Rucker (November 14, 1852—May 11, 1924) was an African American entrepreneur and politician.
An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French, and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down the Boxer Rebellion
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames in East London. The southern entrance is by the Cutty Sark in Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich), with the northern entrance located at...
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice is elected Pope Pius X, known as the "Pope of the Poor and Humble"
US President Woodrow Wilson issues his "Proclamation of Neutrality" to keep the United States out of the war in Europe [1]
German fleet under Admiral Wilhelm Souchon fire on the Algerian coast
Denmark and the United States sign a treaty whereby the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, are ceded to the US in 1917 for $25 million
Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests, and officers
Hungarian communist leader Béla Kun flees to Vienna after the Hungarian Soviet Republic is overthrown by the Romanian Army
Maurice Richard, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1921-08-04.
Lizzie Murphy becomes the first female to play against MLB players in a charity exhibition: All-Stars from New England and the AL vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
Enver Pasha, Turkish general and politician, known for turkish general and politician, died on 1922-08-04.
Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA).
Cleveland Indians, trailing 6-5 in the 9th with 2 outs, score an AL record-tying 9 runs to beat the NY Yankees 14-6
Child labor laws established in Belgium
Sheldon Adelson, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1933-08-04.
Nazi collaborators blow up Jewish synagogue in Zandvoort, Netherlands
Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen becomes the first MLB player to catch three foul pop-ups in one inning (third) in an 11-6 win against the NY Giants
The first train carrying Jews departs from Mechelen, Belgium, for Auschwitz
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
David Lange is born
British premier Winston Churchill travels to Canada on the Queen Mary
Anne Frank is arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who is never identified
Red Sox outfielder Tom McBride drives in an MLB record-tying 6 runs in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win against Washington
An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 people and leaving 20,000 homeless
Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide events that affected other endeavors as well. World War II raged early in the decade, and just like baseballers, many popular boxers went overseas...
An American sweep of the medals in the 110 m hurdles at the London Olympics with William Porter taking gold, ahead of Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon
Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
First flight of the supersonic P-1 Lightning from Boscombe Down
At a NASCAR Grand National race in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lee Petty stops his car on lap 32, climbs the flagstand, and waves a red flag to the field, halting the race due to dusty conditions; the race is never completed
Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter, known for american actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter, was born on 1956-08-04.
The Billboard Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Rocket-propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 mph (3,460 km/h)
28th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000 attendees)
Barack Obama is born
Roger Clemens, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1963-08-04.
Bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James E. Chaney are discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam
The Cook Islands become self-governing for the first time since 1823, governing internally with New Zealand responsible for external affairs
Eighth British Empire and Commonwealth Games open in Kingston, Jamaica; first Games held outside the "White Dominions"
34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934 attendees)
WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
The US launches the first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft
Jeff Gordon, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1972-08-04.
New York Yankees pitcher Lindy McDaniel puts in one of the best relief stints in MLB history, entering in the second inning and allowing only one run in 13 innings in a 3-2 win against the Detroit Tigers
The Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor
England beats Australia by 8 wickets in the limited-overs cricket international at Lord's; it is the first time women are permitted to play on the main square at "the home of cricket"
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
USSR performs a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Hurricane Aline kills 272 people in Texas and the Caribbean
Columbia is mated with SRBs and an external tank for the STS-2 mission
Outfielder Joel Youngblood is the only MLB player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day: singles for the Mets in a Chicago day game, gets traded, then singles for the Expos in a Philadelphia night game
Meghan Markle, American member of the british royal family, known for american member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-08-04.
Bettino Craxi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, the first Socialist to hold the office
Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker, known for american actress and filmmaker, was born on 1984-08-04. Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director.
American hang glider Larry Tudor sets a world record for gain of height, climbing 4,343 meters in one flight [1] [2]
Reports of a probable OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) agreement on output quotas send oil prices higher
FCC votes 4-0 to rescind the Fairness Doctrine for broadcasters
During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly...
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
MTS Oceanos was a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship that sank in 1991 when it suffered uncontrolled flooding.
In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men's and women's doubles go to South Korea
Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis sign a peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania
Angolan air force bombs Huambo
Cole Sprouse, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1993-08-04. Cole Mitchell Sprouse is an American actor.
Dylan Sprouse, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1993-08-04. Dylan Thomas Sprouse is an American actor.
Galaxy Dwingeloo 1 near the Milky Way is discovered
"The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show" premieres on Fox TV
Australian cricket spinner Shane Warne skittles England (162) with 6/33 to guide tourists to a 7-wicket third Test victory at Trent Bridge; Aussies regain the Ashes with a record seventh straight Test win against England
Soham murders: 10-year-old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire
Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and is replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who is sworn in on 23 August
Mark Duggan is shot by police in London at 29, sparking widespread riots that cause an estimated £200 million in property damage
A suicide bombing in Abyan, Yemen, kills 45 people
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist...
A plague of locusts in southern Russia prompts a state of emergency to be declared
Aldi supermarket withdraws all eggs from sale after the chemical fipronil is found in eggs from the Netherlands
Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith hits a brilliant 142 following his first innings of 144 in the first Test against England at Edgbaston; he is only the fourth batsman of all time to score more than 140 in each innings of a Test match
COVID-19 infection spike forces a return to lockdown in Manila and surrounding provinces in the Philippines, affecting 27 million people as cases surpass 100,000
Americans Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad go 1-2 in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics; McLaughlin sets a world record of 51.46 seconds
A Russian court sentences WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug smuggling amid claims she is being used as a pawn between the US and Russia [1]
Mudslide in the Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people following Typhoon Khanun [1]
At the Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win the 100 m gold medal in 20 years; his time of 9.784 seconds edges Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by 0.005 seconds