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.