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August 4th, 1961: Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama was born at the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Obama, Sr., a Black Kenyan of Nyang’oma Kogelo, Siaya District, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a White American from Wichita, Kansas. His parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student. They separated when Obama was two years old and later divorced. Obama’s father returned to Kenya and saw his American-born son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. Read more …EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 4th
1693: Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon
1790: The U.S. Coast Guard is founded as the Revenue Cutter Service
1846: The planet Neptune is discovered
1916: The U.S. agrees to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million
1925: U.S. Marines leave Nicaragua after 13-years of occupation
1927: The Peace Bridge between the U.S. & Canada opens
1944: 15 year-old Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) and seven companions are arrested by Nazis
1964: The bodies of three missing civil rights workers are found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi.
1977: President Jimmy Carter signs a measure establishing the Department of Energy.
1987: The Federal Communications Commission votes to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and TV stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.
1693: Champagne is invented by Dom Perignon
1790: The U.S. Coast Guard is founded as the Revenue Cutter Service
1846: The planet Neptune is discovered
1916: The U.S. agrees to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million
1925: U.S. Marines leave Nicaragua after 13-years of occupation
1927: The Peace Bridge between the U.S. & Canada opens
1944: 15 year-old Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) and seven companions are arrested by Nazis
1964: The bodies of three missing civil rights workers are found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi.
1977: President Jimmy Carter signs a measure establishing the Department of Energy.
1987: The Federal Communications Commission votes to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and TV stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 4th
1792: Percy Bysshe Shelley, romantic poet
1901: Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter
1920: Helen Thomas, UPI journalist
1912: Raoul Wallenberg, rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II
1792: Percy Bysshe Shelley, romantic poet
1901: Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter
1920: Helen Thomas, UPI journalist
1912: Raoul Wallenberg, rescued thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II
1941: Ted Strickland,Governor Ohio (R)
1943: Michael J McCulley, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1944: Richard Belzer, actor/comedian
1955: Alberto Gonzales, US attorney general/criminal
1955: Billy Bob Thornton, actor
1961: Barack Obama, US senator (D-Ill)/Demomcratic presidential nominee
1962: Roger Clemens, baseball player
1943: Michael J McCulley, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1944: Richard Belzer, actor/comedian
1955: Alberto Gonzales, US attorney general/criminal
1955: Billy Bob Thornton, actor
1961: Barack Obama, US senator (D-Ill)/Demomcratic presidential nominee
1962: Roger Clemens, baseball player
1969: Daniel Dae Kim, actor
