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 U. S. History Today - August 4    
 Author:  Admin
 Dated:  Sunday, August 03 2008 @ 02:39 PM PDT
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History Today8/4/1977 - US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.



As global supplies of oil become more difficult to come by, with former third world nations racheting up their energy consumption in order to achieve first world status, this Federal Department may eventually become the most important Department in our government.
Link: U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Home Page

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b. 8/4/1901 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (d. July 6, 1971)

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Ayman al-Zawahri, a leader of Al-Qaeda, has issued a televised statement blaming Tony Blair and his government's foreign policy for the July 2005 London bombings.



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