August 4, 2006
Historically Speaking of August 4th
Today is the 216th day of the year – there are 149 days remaining in 2006
Notable events from this date:
- 2004 - Staten Island ferry pilot Richard Smith pleads guilty to manslaughter charges from crash that killed 11 people in October 2003
- 1997 - 185,000 United Parcel Service drivers go on strike
- 1985 - White Sox’ pitcher Tom Seaver records 300th career win and Angels’ Rod Carew picks up his 3,000th career base hit
- 1977 - President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the Department of Energy
- 1964 - The bodies of 3 slain civil rights workers missing since June 21 are found in Mississippi
- 1964 - USS Maddox and USS C. Turner Joy are allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese gun boats in the Gulf of Tonkin - years later the NVA attack claim is proven false
- 1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank and her family are captured by the Gestapo in an Amsterdam warehouse
- 1753 - Future President George Washington becomes a Master Mason in the Freemason Society
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