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August 4th, 2007	Event	NASA s Phoenix spaceship is launched.
August 4th, 2006	Event	Dame Silvia Cartwright steps down as the Governor-General of New Zealand and was replaced by The Honourable Anand Satyanand, who was sworn in on 23 August.
August 4th, 2005	Event	Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaelle Jean will be Canada s 27th - and first black - Governor General.
August 4th, 2002	Event	Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
August 4th, 1997	Event	185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
August 4th, 1995	Event	Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
August 4th, 1993	Event	A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King s civil rights.
August 4th, 1991	Event	The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
August 4th, 1987	Event	The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
August 4th, 1984	Event	The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.

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