Page 7: Historical Events In August - 02

1980  US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies   

1982  On this day in history cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93   

1983  On this day in history sTS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad   

1983  US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination on this day in history.   

1985  5 die in a train crash in Westminster Colo on this day in history.   

1985  NASA launches space vehicle S-209 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79   

1986  On this day in history jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts)   

1986  On August - 02 roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies   

1987  Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3") on this day in history.   

1987  Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) on August - 02.   

1987  On this day in history myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79   

1988  Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo on August - 02.   

1988  On this day in history system Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)   

1988  On August - 02 raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50   

1989  On this day in history nASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24   

1990  On this day in history iraq invades & occupies Kuwait   

1990  On this day in history iraq invades Kuwait   

1990  Iraq Invades Kuwait - leading to Operation Desert Storm on this day in history.   

1991  Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges on this day in history.   

1991  Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA on August - 02.   

1991  Gabriel Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen on August - 02.   

1992  On this day in history ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies   

2005  On August - 02 air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after overshooting the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport; all aboard survive.   

2012  On this day in history 23 people are killed after two blasts in a fruit market in Lahore, Pakistan   

2013  40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria on August - 02.   

2017  First successful gene editing in human embryos to repair disease-causing mutation reported by scientists in "Nature" on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 02 uS President Donald Trump signs legislation imposing sanctions on Russia, limiting his ability to ever lift them   

2017  Great Britain's Prince Philip aged 96 makes his final solo public appearance before retiring from public engagements on this day in history.   

2017  New larger crypto-currency Bitcoin Cash created on August - 02.   

2018  On this day in history apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value   

2018  Fields Medal for mathematics awarded to Caucher Birkar (his stolen minutes later), Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze and Akshay Venkatesh on August - 02.   

2018  On this day in history pope Frances declares the death penalty unacceptable in all cases, reversing church teachings and adding to Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.