{"id":27890,"date":"2016-08-04T08:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27890"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T13:25:41","slug":"today-in-history-233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27890","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Thursday, August\u00a0 04, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 4, 1944, Anne Frank, 15, was arrested along with her sister, parents and four other people after they had spent two years hiding from the Nazis in a building Amsterdam. Her diary became a famous account of the Holocaust.
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1790<\/td>\nThe Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1792<\/td>\nPoet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Field Place, England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1830<\/td>\nPlans for the city of Chicago were laid out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1892<\/td>\nAndrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Mass. (Lizzie Borden, Andrew Borden’s daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, though she was later acquitted.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nBritain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality in World War I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nThe bodies of three missing civil rights workers were found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nPresident Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nThe Federal Communications Commission voted to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and TV stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nSerb-dominated Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs, sealing the 300-mile border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nA Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a bus in northern Israel during rush hour, killing nine passengers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nA mini-submarine carrying seven Russians became caught on an underwater antenna 600 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean; the men were rescued three days later with help from a British vessel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nBarry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants tied Hank Aaron’s 755 career home runs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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President Barack Obama turns 55 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Richard Belzer<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Riggins<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alberto Gonzales<\/td>\nFormer attorney general<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billy Bob Thornton<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kym Karath<\/td>\nActress (“The Sound of Music”)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roger Clemens<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dennis Lehane<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael DeLuise<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Gordon<\/td>\nRace car driver<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Bowersox<\/td>\nCountry singer (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dylan Sprouse<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cole Sprouse<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Daniel Dae Kim (“Lost,” “Hawaii Five-O”) turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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