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Anne Frank / Bracero Program / Billboard Hot 100
On This Day (August 4): Your quick daily trip back in time.
Fatih Taskiran
August 04, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning. It's Monday, Aug. 4, and we're exploring the Anne Frank capture, the Bracero Program's emergence, the first Billboard Hot 100, and much more.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1753 | The young Virginia planter George Washington becomes a Master Mason, the highest rank in the secret fraternity of Freemasonry. |
-1821 | After navigating Antarctica for the first time, the Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen returned to Kronstadt. |
-1914 | President Woodrow Wilson issued his "Proclamation of Neutrality" to keep the United States out of the European war. |
-1942 | Mexico and the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement, creating the "Bracero Program." |
-1944 | German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) arrest 15-year-old Anne Frank in Amsterdam after receiving a tip-off from an unidentified informer. |
-1958 | The first Billboard Hot 100 is published, with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" at #1. |
-1993 | Tanzanian Hutus and Rwandan Tutsis sign a peace treaty in Arusha. |
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