August 4 - This Day in History

August 4: General Interest
1944: Anne Frank captured

Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse... read more.


American Revolution
1792 : British General John Burgoyne dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-general-john-burgoyne-dies


Automotive
2006 : "Talladega Nights" released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/talladega-nights-released


Civil War
1864 : Union generals squabble outside of Atlanta
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-generals-squabble-outside-of-atlanta


Cold War
1953 : Eisenhower warns of "ominous" situation in Asia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-warns-of-ominous-situation-in-asia


Crime
1892 : Lizzie Borden took an axe...
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lizzie-borden-took-an-axe---


Disaster
1972 : Philippines hit hard by flooding
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/philippines-hit-hard-by-flooding


General Interest
1753 : Washington becomes Master Mason
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-becomes-master-mason

1964 : Slain civil rights workers found
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slain-civil-rights-workers-found


Hollywood
1989 : Sex, lies and videotape opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sex-lies-and-videotape-opens


Literary
1792 : Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/percy-bysshe-shelley-poet-is-born


Music
1927 : Country legend Jimmie Rodgers is recorded for the very first time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/country-legend-jimmie-rodgers-is-recorded-for-the-very-first-time


Old West
1873 : Custer and 7th Cavalry attacked by Indians
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/custer-and-7th-cavalry-attacked-by-indians


Presidential
1753 : Washington receives highest Freemason rank
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-receives-highest-freemason-rank


Sports
1936 : Jesse Owens wins long jump--and respect--in Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesse-owens-wins-long-jump--and-respect--in-germany

2012 : Oscar Pistorius becomes the first amputee runner to compete at the Olympics
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oscar-pistorius-becomes-the-first-amputee-runner-to-compete-at-the-olympics


Vietnam War
1964 : Reported North Vietnamese PT boat attacks result in retaliation strikes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reported-north-vietnamese-pt-boat-attacks-result-in-retaliation-strikes

1967 : Court upholds court-martial conviction of officer who participated in demonstration
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/court-upholds-court-martial-conviction-of-officer-who-participated-in-demonstration

1969 : Secret negotiations are initiated in Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/secret-negotiations-are-initiated-in-paris


World War I
1914 : U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-proclaims-neutrality-in-world-war-i


World War II
1944 : Anne Frank and her family arrested by Gestapo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-frank-and-her-family-arrested-by-gestapo