Today is Saturday, August 4, the 215th day of 2007. There are 150 days left in the year.
1181 _ Supernova seen in Cassiopia
1578 _ Battle of Alcazarquivir, Morrocans defeat Portugeese
1693 _ Dom Perignon invents champagne
1753 _ George Washington becomes a master mason
1914 _ Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
1916 _ The U.S. agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million
1925 _ U.S. marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
1927 _ Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opened
1971 _ The U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1984 _ Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
1988 _ U.S. Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
1988 _ Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
1990 _ European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
1996 _ 26th Olympic Summer Games close in Atlanta, Georgia