On This Day:
Monday August 4, 2014 This is the 216th day of the year, with 149 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: turkey Aztecs and Zunis domesticated the turkey for food, sacrifice, and feathers; not raised for meat on a wide scale until after World War II.
Holidays Feast day of St. Molua or Lughaidh, St. Ia, St. Sezni, and St. John Baptist Vianney.
Burkina Faso: Revolution Day.
Events 1753 - George Washington became a Master Mason, the highest rank in the Fraternity of Freemasonry.
1790 - The Revenue Cutter service, the forerunner of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, was organized.
1892 - Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie Borden, Andrew Borden's daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, but acquitted at trial.
1914 - Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality.
1916 - The United States purchased the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million.
1966 - In a U.S. radio interview, John Lennon claimed that the Beatles were probably more popular than Jesus Christ.
1977 - President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy.
1997 - The Teamsters Union went on a 15-day strike against United Parcel Service after talks broke down with nation's largest package delivery service.
Births 1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet.
1900 - Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of Britain's royal family.
1901 - Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong, American jazz musician, Grammy Award-winning singer.
Deaths 1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer.
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