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August 2, 2004 Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention August 2, 1998 26th du Maurier Golf Classic August 2, 1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water August 2, 1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed August 2, 1994 New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure August 2, 1994 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 3000m (7:25.11) August 2, 1993 New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes August 2, 1993 Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles August 2, 1993 Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed August 2, 1993 Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 and WHK-AM/1420 August 2, 1992 "Death and the Maiden" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 159 performances August 2, 1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Welch's Golf Classic August 2, 1992 Kevin Bacon marries Kyra Sedgwick August 2, 1992 Tom Seaver, R Fingers, Hal Newhouser, and B McGowan enter Hall of Fame August 2, 1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges August 2, 1991 Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in Los Angeles August 2, 1991 Mike Jeffcoat is 1st AL pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 August 2, 1991 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched August 2, 1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia August 2, 1990 Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats August 2, 1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24 August 2, 1988 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo August 2, 1988 System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) August 2, 1987 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1) August 2, 1987 Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am August 2, 1987 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis becomes 7th and earliest 30 HR 30 steal man August 2, 1987 Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3") August 2, 1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season August 2, 1987 Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game August 2, 1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) August 2, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 2, 1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S.) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) August 2, 1985 5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo August 2, 1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die August 2, 1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-209 August 2, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 2, 1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad August 2, 1983 U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination August 2, 1982 Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season August 2, 1982 Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network August 2, 1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs August 2, 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic August 2, 1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed August 2, 1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships August 2, 1979 "Broadway Opry '79" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 6 performances August 2, 1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway August 2, 1975 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) August 2, 1975 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) August 2, 1973 George Brett gets his 1st hit August 2, 1972 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London August 2, 1970 Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals August 2, 1970 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island August 2, 1970 Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in California August 2, 1969 Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minnesota 10th reunion August 2, 1969 President Nixon visits Romania August 2, 1968 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917) August 2, 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77 August 2, 1967 U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 August 2, 1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting August 2, 1965 Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing August 2, 1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees August 2, 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open August 2, 1964 North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin August 2, 1964 Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey August 2, 1963 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000) August 2, 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m August 2, 1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club August 2, 1961 Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo August 2, 1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto August 2, 1959 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis GC August 2, 1959 Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples August 2, 1959 San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs August 2, 1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months August 2, 1955 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test August 2, 1954 Tahar Ben Ammar appointed premier of Tunisia August 2, 1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash August 2, 1953 KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting August 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman and Churchill August 2, 1944 Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts August 2, 1944 Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker August 2, 1944 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany August 2, 1943 Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka August 2, 1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands August 2, 1943 RAF bombs Hamburg August 2, 1943 Sunderland seaplanes sinks U-706 and U-106 August 2, 1943 Uprising at Treblinka Concentration Camp (crematorium destroyed) August 2, 1942 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp August 2, 1942 Col-Gen Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo August 2, 1941 German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman August 2, 1941 Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia August 2, 1940 Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death August 2, 1940 KL-House of saxon and commandos focus on Gross Rosen, Silesia August 2, 1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers August 2, 1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) August 2, 1934 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it August 2, 1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany August 2, 1934 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour August 2, 1932 Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs August 2, 1931 Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status August 2, 1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR August 2, 1928 Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia August 2, 1924 Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game August 2, 1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die August 2, 1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox August 2, 1920 Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City August 2, 1914 Belgian government receives German ultimatum August 2, 1914 German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg August 2, 1914 German troops overthrows Luxembourg August 2, 1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty August 2, 1914 Great Britain mobilizes August 2, 1914 Postdam Conference ended August 2, 1914 Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia August 2, 1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place August 2, 1912 18th U.S. Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY August 2, 1911 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica August 2, 1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted August 2, 1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers August 2, 1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit August 2, 1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak August 2, 1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey August 2, 1894 Death duties 1st introduced in Britain August 2, 1894 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter August 2, 1892 Charles A. Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator August 2, 1887 Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire August 2, 1884 Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent August 2, 1877 San Francisco Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes August 2, 1875 World 1st roller skating rink opens in London August 2, 1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones August 2, 1865 Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" August 2, 1865 Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost August 2, 1858 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets August 2, 1858 Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown August 2, 1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War August 2, 1832 Black Hawk defeated in Iowa August 2, 1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin August 2, 1831 Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium August 2, 1819 1st parachute jump in U.S. August 2, 1802 Napoleon declared "Counsel for Life" August 2, 1798 British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile August 2, 1791 Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine August 2, 1787 Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc August 2, 1786 Utrechtse Vroedschap flees August 2, 1782 George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction August 2, 1776 Formal signing of Declaration of Independence August 2, 1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey August 2, 1718 Austrian joins Triple Alliance August 2, 1704 Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim August 2, 1665 French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers August 2, 1610 Henry Hudson enters bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay August 2, 1581 Leiden University names Snellius math professor August 2, 1578 Battle of Rijmenam August 2, 1552 Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion August 2, 1542 French troops leave Flanders August 2, 1492 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella August 2, 1057 Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X] August 2, 257 St. Stephen I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |