On August 4, 1735, a jury acquitted John Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal. (A sample issue from the previous year is pictured.) He had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. This was a key victory and legal precedent for freedom of press.
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August 4, 1900: An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French, and American troops, set off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down the Boxer rebellion.
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And on August 4, 1961 Spokane, Washington reached an August record high temperature of 108° F.
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Today’s feature article is a review authored by SurvivalBlog staffer Tom Christainson.
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