Today In History

Today is Saturday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2018. There are 149 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1944: Fifteen-yearold 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

› 1790: The U.S. Coast Guard had its beginnings as President George Washington signed a measure authorizing a group of revenue cutters to enforce tariff and trade laws and prevent smuggling.

› 1830: Plans for the city of Chicago were laid out.

› 1936: Jesse Owens of the U.S. 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.

› 1972: Arthur Bremer was convicted and sentenced in Upper Marlboro, Md., to 63 years in prison for his attempt on the life of Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace (the sentence was later reduced to 53 years; Bremer was released from prison in 2007).

› 1977: President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy.

› 1987: The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to abolish the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and television stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress-singer Tina Cole is 75. Actor-comedian Richard Belzer is

74. Actress Kym Karath (Film: “The Sound of Music”) is 60. Hall of Fame track star Mary Decker Slaney is 60. Actress Lauren Tom is 59. Former President Barack Obama is 57. Producer Michael Gelman (TV: “Live with Kelly & Ryan”) is 57. Actor Daniel Dae Kim is 50. Actor Michael DeLuise is 49. Race car driver Jeff Gordon is 47. Rapper-actress Yo-Yo is

47. Country singer Jon Nicholson is 45. Rhythm and blues singer-actor Marques Houston is 37. Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle, is 37. Actress Abigail Spencer is 37. Rock singer Tom Parker (The Wanted) is

30. Actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse are 26. Singer Jessica Sanchez (TV: “American Idol”) is 23.