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This Date in History (August 4)

1830 – Plans for the city of Chicago were laid out.

1916 – The United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million.

2002 – A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a bus in northern Israel during rush hour, killing nine passengers.

2005 – A mini-submarine carrying seven Russians became caught on an underwater antenna 600 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean; the men were rescued three days later with help from a British vessel.