08-04-2005, 05:06 AM
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August 4th
1704 ~ An Anglo-Dutch force seized the rock of Gibraltar.
1753 ~ A young Virginia planter named George Washington became a Master Mason, the highest basic rank in the secret fraternity of Freemasonry .
1789 ~ The feudal system was abolished in France.
1792 ~ Birthday of Percy Shelley, Poet.
1840 ~ Birthday of Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Sexologist.
1875 ~ Death of Hans Christian Andersen, Writer.
1901 ~ Birthday of Louis Armstrong, Jazz Musician.
1902 ~ The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opened.
1944 ~ Anne Frank & her family betrayed to the Gestapo.
1984 ~ The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso .
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