August 2 in history
Events on August 2
Notable events that happened on August 2 in past years.
- 2014
At least 146 people are killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Kunshan explosion - 1990
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Wikipedia article: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait - 1985
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
Wikipedia article: Delta Air Lines Flight 191 - 1968
An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
Wikipedia article: 1968 Casiguran earthquake - 1944
ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
Wikipedia article: Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia - 1939
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
Wikipedia article: Albert Einstein - 1932
The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
Wikipedia article: Positron - 1916
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
Wikipedia article: Austria-Hungary - 1897
Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
Wikipedia article: Anglo-Afghan War - 1869
Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
Wikipedia article: Edo society - 1790
The first United States Census is conducted.
Wikipedia article: 1790 United States census - 1610
During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
Wikipedia article: Henry Hudson - 1343
After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
Wikipedia article: Jeanne de Clisson - 461
Western Roman Emperor Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer.
- 338 BC
A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
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