August 4 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 4
In the headlines today:

2007		San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run, tying the all-time major league baseball record held by Hank Aaron. (photo credit: Majestic Athletic)
1999	Actor Victor Mature dies of leukemia near San Diego, California, at age 86.
1996	Closing ceremonies take place for the Atlanta Olympics.
1991	The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa; all 581 passengers and crew survive.
1977	The US Department of Energy is established.
1944	Nazis remove 13-year-old Anne Frank and her family from their hiding place above her father's Amsterdam factory.
1916	The US buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1914	England declares war on Germany, during WWI.
1892	Lizzie Borden is accused of murdering her parents with an axe at their Fall River, MA, home (she is later acquitted).
1875	Children's storyteller Hans Christian Andersen dies at Rolighed, Denmark, at age 70.
1821	The Saturday Evening Post magazine is first published.
1790	The Revenue Cutter Service, forerunner of the modern day US Coast Guard, is formed.
1070	Eight-year-old Philip I becomes King of France.