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Today in history Aug 4th.
1909- The beginning of the Swedish General Strike.
1914- The UK declares war on Germany during the World War I, and the US declares neutrality.
1932- The 1st Venice International Film Festival held.
1974- Opening an office representing the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Moscow.
1984-Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1988- US scientists discover 17 new types of the HIV.
2007- NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft launched.
2010- Launching the Egyptian satellite Nilesat /201/.
Born Today:
1805- Irish Physician and Mathematician William Rowan Hamilton.
1859- Norwegian author Knut Hamsun.
1961- US President Barack Obama.
Passed away:
1060- King Henry I of France.
2003- American doctor and Noble laureate Frederick Chapman Robbins.
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