AUG 2: EVENTS: • 1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. • 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted. • 1870 – Tower Subway, the worlds first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom. • 1923 – As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding • 1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. • 1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. • 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. • 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972. • 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. • 1998 – The Second Congo War begins. BIRTHDAYS: • 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty • 1876 – Ravishankar Shukla, Indian politician • 1876 – Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India • 1887 – Tommy Ward, Indian-South African cricketer • 1892 – Jack Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. • 1923 – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli politician, 9th President of Israel • 1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs • 1945 – Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist • 1957 – Farhat Basir Khan, Indian theoretician and activist • 1958 – Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer and manager • 1966 – M. V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer • 1976 – Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: • 1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt • 1922 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone • 1923 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States • 2013 – V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian composer IMPORTANT DAYS: • Day of Airborne Forces (Russia and Ukraine) • Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan) • Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica) • Republic Day, also known as Ilinden. (Republic of Macedonia)
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