What Happened On August 2

What Happened On Aug 2 Timeline

1675 Aug 2 Native Americans Attack Brookfield Settlement in Plymouth Colony
The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14),...
1777 Aug 2
to 1777 Aug 22
 Siege Of Fort Stanwix
The Siege of Fort Stanwix (also known at the time as Fort Schuyler) began on August 2, 1777, and ended August 22. Fort Stanwix, in the Mohawk River Valley, was then the primary defense po...
1864 Aug 2
to 1864 Aug 23
 Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of s...
1876 Aug 2 James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok is Shot by Jack McCall During a Poker Game
On August 2, 1876, Hickok was playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. On this fateful day Wild Bill violated one of his own cardi...
1914 Aug 2 Germany Invades and Occupies Luxembourg
The first overt act of war on the Western front occurred at 1:30 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, August 2, 1914, when a detail of German officers in motor cars crossed the Moselle River...
1922 Aug 2 Alexander Graham Bell Dies
"[The Government expresses] to you our sense of the world's loss in the death of your distinguished husband. It will ever be a source of pride to our country that the great invention, with..." —Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King
1924 Aug 2 James Baldwin Is Born
Novelist, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in New York City. The eldest of nine children, Baldwin grew up in poverty-stricken Harlem, where his stepfathe...
1934 Aug 2 Death of Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg remained in office until his death at the age of 86 from lung cancer at his home in Neudeck, East Prussia on 2 August 1934 (exactly two months short of his 87th birthday). O...
1941 Aug 2 "Major Barbara" Is Released
Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen b...
1943 Aug 2 John F. Kennedy's Boat, the PT-109, is Sunk by the Amagiri
Conflicting statements have been made as to whether the destroyer captain had spotted and steered towards the boat; author Donovan, who interviewed members of the destroyer crew, believed...
1947 Aug 2 British South American Airways' Star Dust Disappears
On August 2, 1947, Stardust's radio operator sent a final message in Morse code to the Chilean radio operator then on duty in Santiago. The full message sent at 17.41 hrs was as follows: ...
1954 Aug 2 'A Fable' Is Published
A Fable is a novel written in 1954 by the American author William Faulkner, which won him both the Pulitzer prize and the National Book Award in 1955. Despite these recognitions, however,...
1964 Aug 2 Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Amid steadily rising tensions over North Vietnam's activities in Laos and South Vietnam, at the end of July 1964 USS Maddox entered the Gulf of Tonkin for a cruise along the North Vietnam...
1965 Aug 2 "The Ipcress Files" Is Released
The Ipcress File is a 1965 British espionage film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, Nigel Green, Gordon Jackson and Sue Lloyd. The screenplay by Bill Ca...
1967 Aug 2 "In The Heat Of The Night" Is Released
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film based on the John Ball novel published in 1965, which tells the story of an African-American police detective from Philadelphia who becomes involve...
1971 Aug 2 "Fillmore East - June 1971" by The Mothers Is Released
Fillmore East – June 1971 is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1971. This was a live concept-like album. It was a quick peek behind the curtain of the life of a rock band on the...
1972 Aug 2 "Junior Bonner" Is Released
Junior Bonner is a film released in 1972 directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Joe Don Baker, Robert Preston and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as h...
1973 Aug 2 Summerland Disaster
More than 30 people have died in a fire which has gutted a £2m leisure resort in the Isle of Man. Initial reports suggest the blaze, which destroyed the seven-storey Summerland complex...
1985 Aug 2 29 Survive Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crash
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was an airline service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, bound for Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angel...
1985 Aug 2 Weird Science is released
Weird Science is a 1985 teen film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. The film's producer Joel Silver acquired fi...
1990 Aug 2 Saddam Hussein Launches the Invasion of Kuwait
The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupatio...
1990 Aug 2
11:00AM
 UN Security Council Passes Resolution 660, Condemning the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 was adopted by the UN Security Council on 2 August 1990. The resolution condemned the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and demanded a withdrawal of ...
1993 Aug 2 Apple Introduces Newton MessagePad, the first PDA
The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the...
1996 Aug 2 Matilda is released
Matilda is a 1996 fantasy film directed by Danny DeVito. It is based on Roald Dahl's children's novel. The film was released by TriStar Pictures.
1997 Aug 2 MST3K Ep. 815 - "Agent for H.A.R.M."
An American spy protects a scientist from Russian agents.
1998 Aug 2 Shari Lewis Dies
She was diagnosed with uterine cancer in June 1998. While undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1998, Lewis died at the age of 65...
2004 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 6-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Leave it to the youngest kid in the major leagues to distill the problem to its essence. At 19, B.J. Upton last night was minutes away from making his highly antic...
2004 Aug 2 FDA Approves Gilead's Truvada
Truvada contains a combination of emtricitabine and tenofovir. Emtricitabine and tenofovir are antiviral drugs that work by preventing HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cells from multip...
2004 Aug 2 FDA Approves ViiV Healthcare's Epzicom
Epzicom is an antiviral medication. It is in a group of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicines called reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Epzicom helps keep the HIV virus from reprodu...
2005 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Kansas City Royals, 6-4
It was as if he'd returned from summer vacation, and couldn't be happier to find he still had his old locker, the same friends sitting around him in home room, and the most beautiful teac...
2005 Aug 2 Kanye West releases "Gold Digger" single
"Gold Digger" is a song recorded by American rapper Kanye West featuring guest vocals by Jamie Foxx. Released as the second single from West's second album, Late Registration, "Gold Digge...
2006 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 6-5
Wily Mo Peña, fresh off his near-maiming of a man in the front row of the Monster seats, sat in the Red Sox dugout, looking at the few fans leaving the park with two outs in the bottom of...
2007 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 7-4
It was a confusing little dance Doug Mirabelli performed while at third base. Toward home plate. Twist. Turn. Back to third base. And then, in a moment that seemed to make Mirabelli cring...
2007 Aug 2 Fisher-Price, a Mattel Subsidiary, Recalls Almost One Million Toys Due to High Lead Content
On August 2, 2007, Mattel's Fisher-Price subsidiary recalled almost one million Chinese-made toys, including Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street toys, because of potential hazards from pa...
2008 Aug 2 Baltimore Orioles defeat Seattle Mariners, 3-1
Montanez leads the Eastern League in batting average (.332), home runs (25), RBIs (94), hits (146) and slugging percentage (.595). "He's a guy that's drawing some attention to himself ...
2008 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 12-2
BOSTON—A triple and the game-winning run in his debut. The go-ahead home run in his second game. No doubt about it: Jason Bay is setting expectations high in Boston. "It's the same ...
2008 Aug 2 Miley And Mandy Show: Scary Maze Game
1ST EPISODE SINCE NASHVILLE & TOUR WITH BEACH GIRLS! MILEZ AND MANDERZ ARE "BACK IN ACTION" SCARRRYYY MAZE GAME!
2008 Aug 2
to 2008 Aug 3
 Retro on Roscoe Festival
Retro On Roscoe is the primary fund raising event that enables Roscoe Village Neighbors to sponsor so many community improvements. Proceeds from Retro On Roscoe provide funds for major pr...
2009 Aug 2 Arizona Diamondbacks defeat New York Mets, 5-2
Jeff Francoeur widely has been credited with providing much-needed life to a downcast clubhouse mostly devoid of a spark through a trying first half for the Mets. It certainly hasn't h...
2009 Aug 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 18-10
BALTIMORE - Change rocked Victor Martinez this weekend. One day, he showed up to play for a team near the bottom of the standings, surrounded by beloved teammates, imbued with the comfort...
2009 Aug 2 Los Angeles Angels defeat Minnesota Twins, 13-4
I know he's been gone a while. I know it's time to move on. I can't help it. I miss Torii Hunter. Stuck on the disabled list, Hunter didn't get to play in what might have been his l...
2009 Aug 2 Milwaukee Brewers defeat San Diego Padres, 6-1
SAN DIEGO (AP) The Milwaukee Brewers got an unexpected lift from a trio of players and Trevor Hoffman was able to put his homecoming behind him. Milwaukee got key hits from reserves Fe...
2009 Aug 2 New York Yankees defeat Chicago White Sox, 8-5
CHICAGO - The moment his fly ball sailed over Jermaine Dye's head, there was no way Melky Cabrera was settling for a double. Needing a triple to complete the cycle, Cabrera lowered his...
2009 Aug 2 Secretary of State Clinton Speaks Out on Americans Detained in Iran
"Obviously, we are concerned, We want this matter brought to a resolution as soon as possible. And we call on the Iranian government to help us determine the whereabouts of the three missi..." —Hilary Clinton
2009 Aug 2 Senator Arlen Spector and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are Heckled at Health Care Reform Event
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Arlen Specter got a preview Sunday of the tough sell lawmakers will face over health care as audience members booed and jeer...
2009 Aug 2 Warped Tour 2009 - Shakopee, Minnesota
Warped Tour 2009 is the 15th installment of the annual Summer Warped Tour festival. Vans Shoes is again the tour's primary sponsor. Tour founder/organizer Kevin Lyman announced that this ...
2010 Aug 2 Atlanta Braves defeat New York Mets, 4-1
2010 Aug 2 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5
2010 Aug 2 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Chicago Cubs, 18-1
Chicago — Something like this was bound to happen. The Milwaukee Brewers, kings of inconsistency in several areas, were due for an offensive breakout, which has not been completely unf...
2010 Aug 2 Study Shows Gulf Spill Largest of Its Kind in History
Nearly five million barrels of oil have gushed from BP’s well — and about 800,000 have been captured by containment efforts —since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, accordin...