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Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2020. There are 149 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 4, 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne and her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.) On this date: In 1792, English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place near Horsham, England. In 1914, Britain declared war on Germany for invading Belgium; the United States proclaimed its neutrality in the mushrooming world conflict. In 1916, the United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the second of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he prevailed in the long jump over German Luz Long, who was the first to congratulate him. In 1964, the bodies of...

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Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina

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Minneapolis’ Frey accuses Walz of dragging feet during early unrest

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July was deadliest month in Chicago history, police superintendent says

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Isaias weakens to a tropical storm over eastern North Carolina, says National Hurricane Center

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Woman stabbed in downtown Portland, knife stolen from crime scene: police

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