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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008

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Today is Monday, August 4, the 217th day of 2008. There are 149 days left in the year.

1181 _ Supernova seen in Cassiopia

1753 _ George Washington becomes a master mason

1914 _ Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany

1916 _ U.S. agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million

1944 _ Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis

1964 _ Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi

1977 _ U.S. President Carter establishes Dept of Energy

1984 _ Prince's ``Purple Rain," album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 24 weeks

1990 _ European community proposes a boycott of Iraq

1996 _ 26th Olympic Summer games close in Atlanta, Ga.