Page 7: Historical Events In August - 02
Saturday, 20 December 2025
1980 US swimmers set 3 world records at National championships on this day in history. 

1980 Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies on August - 02. 

1982 On August - 02 cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93 

1983 On August - 02 sTS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad 

1983 On this day in history uS District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 

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

1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-209 on August - 02. 

1985 On August - 02 frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79 

1986 On August - 02 jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) sets record for heptathlon (7161 pts) 

1986 Roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies on August - 02. 

1987 Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3") on August - 02. 

1987 On August - 02 michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 

1987 On August - 02 myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79 

1988 On August - 02 raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo 

1988 System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) on this day in history. 

1988 On this day in history raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 

1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24 on August - 02. 

1990 On this day in history iraq invades & occupies Kuwait 

1990 Iraq invades Kuwait on August - 02. 

1990 Iraq Invades Kuwait - leading to Operation Desert Storm on August - 02. 

1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges on August - 02. 

1991 On this day in history hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA 

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

1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies on this day in history. 

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

2012 On August - 02 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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history uS President Donald Trump signs legislation imposing sanctions on Russia, limiting his ability to ever lift them 

2017 On August - 02 great Britain's Prince Philip aged 96 makes his final solo public appearance before retiring from public engagements 

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 On this day in history fields Medal for mathematics awarded to Caucher Birkar (his stolen minutes later), Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze and Akshay Venkatesh 

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

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