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August 2 47 BC Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici," (I came, I saw, I conquered). 1790 The first US census begins enumerating the population. 1832 Troops under General Henry Atkinson massacre Sauk Indian men, women and children who are followers of Black Hawk at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Black Hawk himself finally surrenders three weeks later, bringing the Black Hawk War to an end. 1862 The Army Ambulance Corps is established by Maj. Gen. George McClellan. 1876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot while playing poker. 1923 Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of Warren G. Harding. 1943 Lt. John F. Kennedy, towing an injured sailor, swims to a small island in the Solomon Islands. The night before, his boat, PT-109, had been split in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. 1990 Iraqi forces invade neighboring Kuwait.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:10:36 +0000

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