History Blog

August 4

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon(Queen Mother 19002002) Anita Page(Pomares 1910–2008) Louis Armstrong(1901–1971) : Richard Belzer–75 William Robert “Billy Bob” Thornton–64 Barack H. Obama II–58 Daniel Dae Kim–51 Abigail Spencer–38 ; 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy ; 1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.