08-04-2004, 05:20 AM
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August 4th
1735 ~ Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger was acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.
1789 ~ The feudal system was abolished in France.
1792 ~ Birthday of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet
1840 ~ Birthday of Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Sexologist.
1875 ~ Death of Hans Christian Andersen, Writer.
1901 ~ Birthday of Louis Armstrong, Jazz Musician.
1914 ~ World War I: The United Kingdom declared war on Germany and the United States proclaimed neutrality.
1929 ~ Birthday of Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO.
1944 ~ A tip from a Dutch informer lead the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they found Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
1987 ~ The Federal Communications Commission rescinded the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
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