August 2
Today is the 215th day of 2016, there are 151 days left in the year.
216 - During the Second Punic War, Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated the Roman army in the Battle of Cannae.
1776 - Members of the Continental Congress began signing the Declaration of Independence.
1876 - Frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood in present-day South Dakota.
1909 - The first Lincoln penny was issued.
1923 - The 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco from a heart attack. Vice President Calvin Coolidge then took the oath of office to become the 30th president of the country.
1934 - German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler's complete takeover.
1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.
1943 - PT-109, a Navy patrol torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, sank after being sheared in two by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands. Kennedy was created with saving members of the crew.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concluded the Potsdam Conference.
1964 - The Pentagon reported the first of two attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1985 - A Delta Air Lines jumbo jet crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 137 people.
1990 - The Persian Gulf War broke out when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
2000 - Republicans named Texas Gov. George W. Bush for president and Dick Cheney for vice president at the party's convention in Philadelphia.
2007 - Mattel recalled nearly a million Chinese-made toys from its Fisher-Price division that were found to have excessive amounts of lead.
2011 - The Senate passed, and President Barack Obama signed, legislation to avoid an unprecedented national default.
Birthdays
24 - Charli XCX (singer)
24 - Hallie Eisenberg (actress)
26 - Skylar Diggins (basketball player)
28 - Golden Tate (football player)
28 - Meghan Klingenberg (soccer player)
32 - Britt Nicole (singer)
33 - Nick Diaz (MMA fighter)
36 - Nadia Bjorlin (actress)
37 - Donna Air (actress)
39 - Edward Furlong (actor)
40 - Sam Worthington (actor)
44 - Jacinda Barrett (actress)
46 - Kevin Smith (director)
52 - Mary-Louise Parker (actress)
57 - Apollonia Kotero (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 2
1921 - Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are acquitted on charges they threw the 1919 World Series.
1929 - Don Hurst of the Philadelphia Phillies sets National League record with six consecutive games with a home run.
1938 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals played with a yellow baseball in a test conducted by major league baseball.
1961 - The St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL defeated the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL 36-7 in Toronto.
1985 - Catcher Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox tags out two New York Yankees' runners at home plate during the same play.
1987 - Kevin Seitzer of the Kansas City Royals records six hits in a game.
2012 - Michael Phelps won his 16th Olympic gold medal after taking the 200 meter individual medley. With the victory he became the first male swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive Olympics.
Today is the 215th day of 2016, there are 151 days left in the year.
216 - During the Second Punic War, Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated the Roman army in the Battle of Cannae.
1776 - Members of the Continental Congress began signing the Declaration of Independence.
1876 - Frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood in present-day South Dakota.
1909 - The first Lincoln penny was issued.
1923 - The 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco from a heart attack. Vice President Calvin Coolidge then took the oath of office to become the 30th president of the country.
1934 - German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler's complete takeover.
1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.
1943 - PT-109, a Navy patrol torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, sank after being sheared in two by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands. Kennedy was created with saving members of the crew.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concluded the Potsdam Conference.
1964 - The Pentagon reported the first of two attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1985 - A Delta Air Lines jumbo jet crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 137 people.
1990 - The Persian Gulf War broke out when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
2000 - Republicans named Texas Gov. George W. Bush for president and Dick Cheney for vice president at the party's convention in Philadelphia.
2007 - Mattel recalled nearly a million Chinese-made toys from its Fisher-Price division that were found to have excessive amounts of lead.
2011 - The Senate passed, and President Barack Obama signed, legislation to avoid an unprecedented national default.
Birthdays
24 - Charli XCX (singer)
24 - Hallie Eisenberg (actress)
26 - Skylar Diggins (basketball player)
28 - Golden Tate (football player)
28 - Meghan Klingenberg (soccer player)
32 - Britt Nicole (singer)
33 - Nick Diaz (MMA fighter)
36 - Nadia Bjorlin (actress)
37 - Donna Air (actress)
39 - Edward Furlong (actor)
40 - Sam Worthington (actor)
44 - Jacinda Barrett (actress)
46 - Kevin Smith (director)
52 - Mary-Louise Parker (actress)
57 - Apollonia Kotero (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 2
1921 - Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are acquitted on charges they threw the 1919 World Series.
1929 - Don Hurst of the Philadelphia Phillies sets National League record with six consecutive games with a home run.
1938 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals played with a yellow baseball in a test conducted by major league baseball.
1961 - The St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL defeated the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL 36-7 in Toronto.
1985 - Catcher Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox tags out two New York Yankees' runners at home plate during the same play.
1987 - Kevin Seitzer of the Kansas City Royals records six hits in a game.
2012 - Michael Phelps won his 16th Olympic gold medal after taking the 200 meter individual medley. With the victory he became the first male swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive Olympics.
