Today in History August 4 1265 King Henry III puts down a revolt of English barons lead by Simon de Montfort. 1578 A crusade against the Moors of Morocco is routed at the Battle of Alcazar-el-Kebir. King Sebastian of Portugal and 8,000 of his soldiers are killed. 1717 A friendship treaty is signed between France and Russia. 1789 The Constituent Assembly in France abolishes the privileges of nobility. 1790 The Revenue Cutter service, the parent service of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, is organized. 1914 Germany invades Belgium causing Great Britain to declare war on Germany. 1942 The British government charges that Mohandas Gandhi and his All-Indian Congress Party favor appeasement with Japan. 1944 RAF pilot T. D. Dean becomes the first pilot to destroy a V-1 buzz bomb when he tips the pilotless crafts wing, sending it off course. 1952 Helicopters from the U.S. Air Force Air Rescue Service land in Germany, completing the first transatlantic flight by helicopter in 51 hours and 55 minutes of flight time. 1964 The bodies of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam. 1971 US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft (Apollo 15). 1972 Arthur Bremer sentenced to 63 years for shooting Alabama governor George Wallace. 2007 NASA launches Phoenix spacecraft on a mission to Mars.
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