August 2 historical events
338 BCE — An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece
The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes. The battle was the culmination of Philip's final campaigns in 339–338 BC and resulted in a decisive victory for the Macedonians and their allies.
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216 BCE — Battle of Cannae
The Battle of Cannae (; Latin: [ˈkanːae̯]) was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy. The Carthaginians and their allies, led by Hannibal, surrounded and practically annihilated a larger Roman and Italian army under the consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
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1174 — Siege of Alexandria (1174)
The siege of Alexandria in 1174 was a short-lived and unsuccessful attempt by the Normans of Sicily to overthrow Saladin in Egypt.
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1343 — After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports
Jeanne de Clisson (1300–1359), also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany, was a French–Breton noblewoman who became a privateer to avenge her husband after he was executed for treason by King Philip VI of France. She crossed the English Channel, targeted French ships, and regularly slaughtered almost their entire crew. It was her practice to leave at least one sailor alive to carry her message of vengeance.
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1377 — Battle on Pyana River
The Battle on Pyana River (Russian: Сражение на реке Пьяне) took place on August 2, 1377, on the Pyana River between the Golden Horde under Arab Shah (Arapsha) and an alliance of Russian principalities led by Prince Ivan Dmitriyevich, made up of the Pereyaslavl, Yaroslavl, Yuryev, Nizhny Novgorod, and Murom principalities. The Russian army, being drunken, was almost entirely routed by small forces of Arapsha, while Ivan Dmitriyevich had drowned together with druzhina and staff.
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1415 — Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the Southampton Plot
Sir Thomas Grey (30 November 1384 – 2 August 1415), of Heaton Castle in the parish of Norham, Northumberland, was one of the three conspirators in the failed Southampton Plot against King Henry V in 1415, for which he was executed.
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1519 — Battle of Sokal
The Battle of Sokal was a battle between the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland under the command of the Grand Hetman of the Lithuanian Prince Konstanty Ostrogski against the Crimean Khanate, which took place on August 2, 1519. The battle ended in victory for the Crimeans.
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1537 — Battle of Montemurlo
On 1 or 2 August 1537 (both dates are given in sources), near the Tuscan village of Montemurlo, the forces of the newly installed Duke Cosimo I of Florence defeated a hastily organized army of those who wished to overthrow the Medici and restore the Republic of Florence. Following the battle, Cosimo's bloody vengeance on all those who opposed Medici rule effectively ended organized opposition to his family in Florence. The victory led to the decision of Emperor Charles V to formally recognize Cosimo as Duke of Florence on 30 September 1537.
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1554 — Battle of Marciano
The Battle of Marciano (also known as the Battle of Scannagallo) occurred in the countryside of Marciano della Chiana, near Arezzo, Tuscany, on August 2, 1554, during the Italian War of 1551. The battle marked the defeat of the Republic of Siena in its war against the Duchy of Florence, and resulted in Siena losing its independence and being absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
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1560 — Russian forces defeat the Livonian Confederation at Ērģeme
On August 2, 1560, Russian forces defeated troops of the Livonian Confederation at Ērģeme near Valka, in present-day Latvia. It was a battle of the Livonian War.
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1563 — Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera expedition (1563)
In 1563, a Spanish military expedition was launched to reconquer the exclave of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, which was under the control of the Ottomans. The campaign ended in a fiasco for the Spanish troops.
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1572 — Battle of Molodi
The Battle of Molodi (Russian: Би́тва при Мóлодях) was one of the key battles of Ivan the Terrible's reign. It was fought near the village of Molodi, circa 50 km (31 mi) south of Moscow, in July–August 1572 between the 120,000 horde of Devlet I Giray of Crimea and about 60,000–70,000 Russians and Cossacks led by Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky.
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1582 — Siege of Lier (1582)
The siege of Lier of 1582, also known as the capture of Lier or betrayal of Lier, took place between 1 and 2 August 1582 at Lier, near Antwerp (present-day in the Belgian province of Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium), during the Eighty Years' War.
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1583 — Conquest of the Azores
The Conquest of the Azores (also known as the Spanish conquest of the Azores), but principally involving the conquest of the island of Terceira, occurred on 2 August 1583, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, between forces loyal to the claimant D. António, Prior of Crato, supported by the French and English troops, and the Spanish and Portuguese forces loyal to King Philip II of Spain, I of Portugal commanded by the Admiral Don Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, during the War of the Portuguese Succession.
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1601 — Siege of Rheinberg (1601)
The siege of Rheinberg, also known as the Rhine campaign of 1601, was the siege of the towns of Rheinberg (Old Dutch: Rijnberk) and Meurs from 12 June to 2 August 1601 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. Maurice of Orange with an Anglo-Dutch army besieged the Spanish-held cities in part to distract them before their impending siege at Ostend.
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1614 — Capture of La Mámora
The Capture of La Mámora was a successful Spanish raid, commanded by Admiral Luis Fajardo y Chacón, on the town of La Mamora, south of El Araich in August 1614 as part of a campaign against African privateering at the Moroccan coast. The fortress remained part of the Spanish Kingdom until 1681 when Muley Ismail Ibn Sharif, the Sultan of Morocco took the city from the Spaniards.
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1649 — Battle of Rathmines
The Battle of Rathmines, 2 August 1649, took place outside Dublin, in the suburb of Rathmines. Part of the Irish Confederate Wars and 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, it has been described as the 'decisive battle of the Engagement in Ireland.' In late July 1649, a combined Irish Confederate/Royalist army under the Earl of Ormond, tried to capture Dublin.
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1649 — Siege of Dublin (1649)
The siege of Dublin took place in 1649 during the Irish Confederate Wars. It was a failed attempt by combined Irish Royalist and Confederate forces to capture the capital of Dublin which was held by English Republican forces under Michael Jones. It was part of a strategy by Duke of Ormonde, head of an alliance loyal to Charles II, to seize the remaining foothold of Ireland still under the control of the London Parliament.
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1656 — Battle of Aa
The battle of Aa (Swedish: Slaget vid Aa; Russian: Битва на Аа) occurred on 2 August 1656 during the early stages of the Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658. Swedish forces under command Generalmajor Streiff faced 1,200–3,500 Russian troops under stolnik Semyon Izmailov. It is impossible to establish how the battle ended, because the attitudes of both sides contradict each other.
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1665 — Battle of Vågen
The Battle of Vågen was a naval battle between a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet and an English flotilla of warships on 2 August 1665 as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The battle took place in Vågen (meaning "the bay, voe" in Norwegian), the main port area of neutral Bergen, Norway.
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1668 — Henry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello
Henry Morgan's raid on Porto Bello was a military event which took place in the latter half of the Anglo-Spanish war beginning on 10 July 1668. Welsh buccaneer Henry Morgan led a largely English privateer force against the heavily fortified Spanish controlled town of Porto Bello (now Portobelo in modern Panama). After landing, Morgan and his men attempted to take the castles protecting the town.
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1716 — Battle of Karlowitz
The Battle of Karlowitz was the first military engagement between the Ottomans and the Austrians within the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718). The battle ended with an Ottoman victory that resulted in the rout of an Austrian reconnaissance force.
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1776 — Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred following its July 4,1776 approval by 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The declaration proclaimed that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now sovereign states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Although the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress on July 4, the date of its signing has been disputed. Most historians have concluded that it was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.
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1784 — Experimental mail coach leaves Bristol for London
A mail coach organized by John Palmer left Bristol for London on an experimental run. Its speed helped persuade the Post Office to adopt coaches for carrying the mail.
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1790 — The United States begins its first federal census
The first federal census used August 2 as its reference date. U.S. marshals oversaw the enumeration under a law passed by Congress.
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1812 — Battle of Tromsø
The Battle of Tromsø (also known as the Battle of Pølsehavna) was fought on 2 August 1812 between the British and Dano-Norwegian navies as part of the Gunboat War. HMS Horatio, a 38-gun British frigate under the command of Captain Lord George Stuart, was fired at by the 4-gun Dano-Norwegian cutter No. 97 which fled to Tromsø after discovering the ship's true identity.
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1813 — Battle of the Pyrenees
The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon's order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián. After initial success the offensive ground to a halt in the face of increased allied resistance under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington.
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1813 — Battle of Fort Stephenson
The Battle of Fort Stephenson was a decisive American victory in Ohio during the War of 1812. American forces led by Major George Croghan successfully defended the fort during a two-day siege by British and Indigenous forces in August 1813.
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1814 — Battle of Lier (1814)
The Battle of Lier (Norwegian: Slaget ved Lier) was fought on 2 August 1814 between Sweden and the newly independent Norway as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle was the first major action of the war, in which an outnumbered Swedish force attempted to storm the Norwegian entrenchment; the Norwegian victory served as an important part to boost morale among the Norwegian troops.
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1819 — 1819 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 1819 Indiana gubernatorial election took place August 2, 1819. The incumbent governor Jonathan Jennings defeated the former lieutenant governor Christopher Harrison. Jennings announced his candidacy in May, following weeks of speculation. For some time the identity of his opponent remained uncertain. Harrison entered the race on July 3 and quickly emerged as the main challenger to the incumbent.
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1819 — 1819 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1819 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1819, to elect the governor of Mississippi. George Poindexter, a Democratic-Republican won against Thomas Hinds, another Democratic Republican.
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1824 — 1824 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1824 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1824, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Democratic-Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison Reeves won the election as he ran unopposed. The exact results of the election are unknown.
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1824 — 1824 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1824 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1824, Frederick Bates defeated Lt. Gov William Henry Ashley. Both candidates were members of the Democratic-Republican Party. The death of Frederick Bates in August 1825, meant that the next election for governor of Missouri would be held little more than a year after this election.
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1824 — 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1824. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Adair was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term. Former U.S. Representative Joseph Desha defeated Christopher Tompkins and William Russell with 59.25% of the vote.
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1830 — 1830 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1830 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1830, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Illinois. Democratic nominee Zadok Casey defeated Democratic-Republican nominee Rigdon Slocumb, candidate James Adams and candidate James M. Higbee.
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1838 — 1838 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1838 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1838, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Edward Bishop Dudley defeated Democratic nominee and former Governor John Branch.
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1841 — 1841 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1841 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 2, 1841, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. The term started on November 22, 1841. Democrat Benjamin Fitzpatrick won his first term as Governor with 56.87% of the vote.
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1846 — 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections
States held the 1846–47 United States House of Representatives elections between August 2, 1846, and November 2, 1847, during President James K. Polk's term. Each state set a date for its elections to the House of Representatives. From 29 states, 228 elected Representatives were seated, including the first from the new U. S. states of Iowa and Texas, when the first session of the 30th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1847.
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1847 — 1847 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1847 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 2, 1847, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democrat Reuben Chapman won his only term with a 56.84% majority.
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1848 — 1848 New South Wales colonial election
The 1848 New South Wales colonial election was held between 29 July and 2 August 1848. This election was for 24 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council and it was conducted in 15 single-member constituencies, two 2-member constituencies and one 5-member constituency, all with a first past the post system.
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1849 — 1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1849, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic nominee and Colonel in the US Army William Trousdale defeated Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Neill S. Brown by a slim margin.
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1852 — 1852 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 1852 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1852, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Democratic nominee and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives Wilson Brown won the election as he ran unopposed. The exact results of the election are unknown.
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1852 — 1852 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1852 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1852, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former Arkansas State Auditor Elias Nelson Conway defeated Whig nominee B. H. Smithson.
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1852 — 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections
States held the 1852–53 United States House of Representatives elections between August 2, 1852, and November 8, 1853. Each state set a date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 33rd United States Congress convened on December 5, 1853. The Democrats increased their House majority, while the Whigs underperformed. Effects of the Compromise of 1850 temporarily reduced sectional tensions.
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1852 — 1852 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1852 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1852, the Democratic nominee, Sterling Price, defeated Whig candidate James Winston.
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1855 — 1855 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1855 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1855, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Johnson was re-elected against Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district Meredith Poindexter Gentry.
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1858 — The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj
The Government of India Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 2 August 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling much of India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transferral of its functions to the British Crown.
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1860 — 1860 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1860 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1860, in order to elect the governor of North Carolina. Incumbent Democratic governor John Willis Ellis won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the North Carolina Senate John Pool.
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1861 — Battle of Dug Springs
The Battle of Dug Springs, also known as the Rains Scare, was a part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. It was fought on August 2, 1861, near Clever, Missouri. The battle was fought between several Union companies under the command of Nathaniel Lyon and Missouri State Guardsmen, supported by Confederate Regulars.
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1862 — First Zeitun Resistance
The First Zeitun Resistance of 1862 was an armed conflict between the Armenians of Zeitun and the Ottoman Empire. Zeitun has for a long time been an autonomous, almost independent Armenian region within the Ottoman Empire. In the summer the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire tried to assert his dominance over the region to make the region under the control of him.
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1867 — Battle of the Saline River
The Battle of the Saline River in the beginning of August, 1867, was one of the first recorded combats of the Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. 10th Cavalry.
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1867 — Wagon Box Fight
The Wagon Box Fight was an engagement which occurred on August 2, 1867, in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud's War. A party of twenty-six U.S. Army soldiers and six civilians were attacked by several hundred Lakota Sioux warriors. Although outnumbered, the soldiers were armed with newly supplied breech-loading Springfield Model 1866 rifles and lever-action Henry rifles, and had a defensive wall of wagon boxes to protect them.
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1870 — Battle of Saarbrücken
The Battle of Saarbrücken was the first major engagement between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War. The battle took place on 2 August 1870, around the city of Saarbrücken.
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1870 — August 1870 Belgian general election
Early general elections were held in Belgium on 2 August 1870, the second that year after the partial elections in June had ended with both the Catholic Party and the Liberal Party holding 61 seats each. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 72 of the 124 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 34 of the 62 seats in the Senate.
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1870 — The Tower Subway railway opens to the public
On August 2, 1870, a cable-hauled passenger railway opened in the Tower Subway beneath the Thames in London. It connected the north and south banks through a narrow circular tunnel. The railway closed that December, and the tunnel was then adapted for pedestrians.
August 2 marks the public railway opening, after the tunnel’s completion and an earlier press launch.
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1873 — San Francisco's Clay Street cable car makes a trial run
A cable car ran on San Francisco's Clay Street Hill Railroad. The trial preceded the start of regular fare-paying passenger service on September 1.
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1875 — 1875 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1875 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1875. Democratic nominee James B. McCreary defeated Republican nominee John Marshall Harlan with 58.31% of the vote.
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1876 — Battle of Fundina
The Battle of Fundina took place on 2 August 1876 in Fundina, a village in Kuči, Principality of Montenegro. The day had a religious importance, as being the St. Elijah's Day (Eastern Orthodox calendar). The Montenegrin Army was led by the two Montenegrin dukes, Ilija Plamenac and Marko Miljanov, who had about 5,000 troopers under their direct command. Ottomans had strength of 40,000. Days before the battle, a Montenegrin Muslim, Mašo-Hadži Ahmetov revealed Ottoman plans to Marko Miljanov, so that Montenegrins knew where the attack was going to come from. The Ottomans advanced from the Southwest towards Kuči, planning their final attack for 3 August.
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1880 — 1880 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1880 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 2, 1880, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Rufus W. Cobb ran for reelection to a second term.
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1886 — 1886 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1886 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 2, 1886, in order to elect the governor of Alabama.
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1895 — Hsinchu Campaign
The Hsinchu Campaign (11 June – 2 August 1895) was an important military campaign during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895). The Japanese capture of Hsinchu on 22 June 1895 was succeeded by several weeks of intense guerrilla activity, and marked the emergence of a significant Formosan resistance movement to the Japanese invasion.
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1897 — Siege of Malakand
The siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial British India's North West Frontier Province. The British faced a force of Pashtun tribesmen whose tribal lands had been bisected by the Durand Line, the 1,519 mile (2,445 km) border between Afghanistan and British India drawn up at the end of the Anglo-Afghan wars to help hold back what the British feared to be the Russian Empire's spread of influence towards the Indian subcontinent.
Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
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1897 — Battle of Chakdara
The Battle of Chakdara was a battle and siege of a British military fort by rebel Pashtun tribesmen during the Siege of Malakand in colonial British India's North West Frontier Province in 1897. Due to the defensive nature of the battle, the event draws parallels with the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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1900 — 1900 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1900 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1900. Democratic nominee Charles Brantley Aycock defeated Republican nominee Spencer B. Adams with 59.57% of the vote. The election started a string of 18 consecutive elections in which the Democratic nominee won the Governor's office. The state would not elect another Republican as governor until James E. Holshouser, Jr. won in 1972.
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1903 — 1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 14th All-Ireland final and the culmination of the 1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Jones' Road, Dublin, on 2 August 1903 between London, represented by a selection of clubs, and Cork, represented by Redmond's.
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1903 — 1901 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1901 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the fourteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1901 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1908 — 1908 Copa Jockey Club final
The 1908 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club final was the football match that decided the champion of the 2nd. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, played at the Virrey del Pino and Superí field in Belgrano, Buenos Aires on 2 August 1908, Alumni defeated Argentino de Quilmes 5–0. to win their second consecutive Copa de Competencia trophy.
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1913 — Finnish parliamentary election, 1913
Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 August 1913.
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1914 — German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I
From 2 August 1914 until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was under full occupation by the German Empire. The German government justified the occupation by citing the need to support their armies in neighbouring France, although many Luxembourgers, past and present, have interpreted German actions otherwise.
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1914 — Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during World War I. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted in the Battle of the Marne.
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1917 — Battle of Pilckem Ridge
The Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July – 2 August 1917) was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War. The British Fifth Army, supported by the Second Army on the southern flank and the French 1reArmée (First Army) on the northern flank, attacked the German 4th Army, which defended the Western Front from Lille northwards to the Ypres Salient in Belgium and on to the North Sea coast.
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1918 — 1918 Vancouver general strike
The 1918 Vancouver general strike was a general strike that took place in response to the death of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin on 2 August 1918. It was the first general strike in the history of British Columbia and a pivotal event in the Canadian Labour Revolt, which would unfold over the following years.
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1920 — Holywell ambush
The Holywell ambush was an ambush on the Ballyhaunis to Claremorris road near Holywell in the early hours of Monday, 2 August 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Approximately 20 local IRA volunteers commanded by Patrick Kenny attacked a British Military detachment that was guarding a broken down petrol lorry.
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1920 — Vlora War
The Vlora War (Albanian: Lufta e Vlorës or Lufta e Njëzetës) or Vlora crisis (Italian: Crisi di Valona) was a military conflict in the Vlorë region of Albania between the Kingdom of Italy and Albanian nationalists. Vlorë, occupied by Italy since late 1914 (six months before it joined the Allied Powers and entered World War I), was attacked four times by Albanian nationalists.
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1921 — 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Shanghai and Jiaxing between July 23 and August 2, 1921. The congress established the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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1922 — A devastating typhoon strikes Shantou
A typhoon swept into Shantou, then commonly called Swatow in English. A storm surge inundated coastal communities and caused extensive loss of life.
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1923 — Calvin Coolidge succeeds Warren G. Harding as U.S. president
On August 2, 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding died in San Francisco, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge succeeded him. Coolidge took the oath of office early the next morning at his family home in Vermont.
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1923 — Birth of Harry Fang
On 2 August 1923, Harry Fang, a scholar, was born.
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1932 — Carl Anderson photographs the track of a positron
At Caltech, Carl Anderson recorded the track of a positively charged electron in a cloud chamber. The photograph provided evidence for the particle now called the positron.
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1934 — Accession of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
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1935 — Britain enacts the Government of India Act 1935
The United Kingdom enacted legislation restructuring the government of British India. It expanded provincial autonomy and laid out a proposed federation that was never fully implemented.
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1937 — Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, Pub. L. 75–238, 50 Stat. 551, enacted August 2, 1937, was a United States act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. It was the first national regulation on cannabis in the US. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937.
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1939 — Einstein signs a letter warning Roosevelt about nuclear weapons
Albert Einstein signed a letter drafted with physicist Leo Szilárd, warning U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt that uranium chain reactions might make powerful weapons possible.
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1943 — Treblinka uprising
The Treblinka uprising, also known as the Treblinka revolt, was a rebellion and mass escape of prisoners that took place on 2 August 1943 at the German Nazi Treblinka extermination camp. The uprising was organized by members of the camp's underground resistance, which had formed in the early months of 1943. Its goal was to destroy the extermination center and enable a mass escape of the prisoners.
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1943 — Japanese destroyer Amagiri rams PT-109 in the Solomon Islands
The destroyer Amagiri rammed the U.S. patrol torpedo boat PT-109 in Blackett Strait. Lieutenant John F. Kennedy and surviving crew members made it to nearby islands, and were rescued days later.
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1944 — Battle of Boernerowo
The Battle of Boernerowo, also known as the Boernerowo massacre, was a clash between a Home Army company led by Lieutenant Jerzy Terczyński, codenamed Starża, and a subunit of the German 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring. The battle occurred on the morning of 2 August 1944 near the suburban settlement of Boernerowo outside Warsaw, resulting in the destruction of the Polish unit and the death of most of its soldiers.
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1944 — Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield
The insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield were an unsuccessful attempt by the Home Army soldiers to capture the Bielany airfield in Warsaw during the early days of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. In the insurgents' plans, capturing the Bielany airfield was highly prioritized. The task was assigned to soldiers from the VIII Region Łęgi of the Warsaw County Subdistrict, supported by part of the forces from the Żoliborz Subdistrict.
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1945 — Potsdam Conference adjourns
The leaders of the United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union concluded their conference at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam. They issued a joint report on their discussions about the postwar administration of Germany and other matters.
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1947 — 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation failed to locate the wreckage, despite covering the area of the crash site. The fate of the aircraft and its occupants remained unknown for over fifty years, giving rise to various conspiracy theories about its disappearance.
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1950 — Battle of the Notch
The Battle of the Notch was an engagement between United States and North Korean forces early in the Korean War on August 2, 1950 in southern South Korea. The fight ended in a victory for the United States after North Korean forces attempting to assault the US position were blocked and repelled repeatedly, suffering heavy casualties. Reeling from the Hadong Ambush and being driven from the city of Chinju, the US Army's 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division scrambled to protect the pass into Masan, the final South Korean city before the Naktong River, where the UN was holding its Pusan Perimeter in place.
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1953 — 1953 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. A fifteen-year-old Úna O'Connor scored three goals as Dublin won easily.
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1964 — Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) refers to a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam, which led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. On 2 August 1964 there was a clash between a destroyer of the United States Navy that was collecting signals intelligence close to North Vietnamese waters, and three North Vietnamese naval vessels.
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1967 — Operations Malheur I and Malheur II
Operation Malheur I and Operation Malheur II were a series of search and destroy operations conducted by the 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division operating as part of Task Force Oregon in Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam.
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1968 — The Casiguran earthquake strikes the Philippines
On August 2, 1968, an earthquake struck near Casiguran in the Philippines. The Ruby Tower in Manila collapsed, causing most of the deaths. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reports 270 people killed and 261 injured in the disaster.
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1969 — 1969 FA Charity Shield
The 1969 FA Charity Shield was the 47th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by the league champions, Leeds United, and Manchester City, the cup winners. Leeds won the match 2–1, with goals from Eddie Gray and Jack Charlton. Colin Bell scored a consolation for City.
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1972 — Opening of Cross-Harbour Tunnel
The Cross-Harbour Tunnel (abbreviated CHT or XHT) is the first tunnel in Hong Kong built underwater. It consists of two steel road tunnels, each with two lanes constructed using the single shell immersed tube method. It is the earliest of three vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong, opened for traffic in 1972.
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1973 — Summerland disaster
The Summerland disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure centre in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the night of 2 August 1973. Fifty people were killed and 80 seriously injured. The scale of the fire has been compared to those seen during the Blitz.
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1973 — 26th Locarno Film Festival
The 26th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1973 in Locarno, Switzerland. Moritz de Hadeln's tenure as festival director was noted for shifting the festival away from its reputation as a festival for "young cinema" and students. The top three prizes were noted for all involving the stories of young men coming of age.
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1977 — Syrian parliamentary election, 1977
Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 1 and 2 August 1977. The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which won 125 of the 195 seats.
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1979 — 32nd Locarno Film Festival
The 32nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1979 in Locarno, Switzerland. Eighteen films competed at the festival from thirteen nations. Some interesting films at the festival were the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard competitor Les Petites Fugues directed by Yves Yersin and the symbolic insane asylum picture Hospital of the Transfiguration directed by Edward Zebrowski.
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1979 — Typhoon Hope batters Hong Kong
The Royal Observatory raised its highest storm warning as Typhoon Hope passed Hong Kong. The storm brought hurricane-force winds and heavy rain.
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1980 — Bologna massacre
The Bologna massacre (Italian: strage di Bologna) was a terrorist bombing of the Central Station at Bologna, Italy, on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. The attack was carried by the neo-fascist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (Armed Revolutionary Nuclei), which always denied any involvement; other theories have been proposed, especially in correlation with the strategy of tension. The bombing is the fourth deadliest terrorist attack in Western Europe behind the Nice attack in 2016, Paris attacks in November 2015, and the Madrid train bombings in 2004.
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1982 — The Helsinki Metro opens to the public
Helsinki opened its metro to the general public, initially serving the route between the central railway station and Itäkeskus.
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1985 — Delta Air Lines Flight 191
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles, via Dallas that crashed on August 2, 1985, at 18:05 (UTC−05:00). The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating this flight encountered a microburst while on approach to land on runway 17L (now marked 17C) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).
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1989 — 1989 Valvettiturai massacre
The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre occurred on 2 and 3 August 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai, on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. The massacre followed an attack on the soldiers by rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. The rebel attack had left six Indian soldiers, including an officer, dead, and another 10 injured.
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1990 — Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, codenamed Project 17, began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War. After defeating the State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Iraq went on to militarily occupy the country for the next seven months. The invasion was condemned internationally, and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted numerous resolutions urging Iraq to withdraw from Kuwaiti territory. The Iraqi military, however, continued to occupy Kuwait and defied all orders by the UNSC.
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1990 — Battle of the Bridges
The Battle of the Bridges or Kuwaiti Bridges (Arabic: معركة الجسور), also known as the Battle of Jal al Atraf, was a battle that took place on 2 August 1990, in Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
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1990 — Battle of Dasman Palace
The Battle of Dasman Palace (Arabic: معركة قصر دسمان maʿraka Qaṣr Dasmān), also called the Battle of Dasman, took place between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi forces during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990.
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1990 — 43rd Locarno Film Festival
The 43rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1990 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival had 112,000 people attend, of which 70,000 people attended screenings at the Piazza grande, the open-air theater constructed in the town center. Wild at Heart directed by David Lynch drew a record crowd of 10,500 people. The festival hosted a section of Eastern European films banned by their governments the 1960s.
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1991 — Atlantis launches on the STS-43 mission
On August 2, 1991, the space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-43. The five-person mission carried the TDRS-E communications satellite, later known as TDRS-5. The crew deployed the satellite about six hours after launch, and its upper stage sent it toward geosynchronous orbit. Atlantis returned to Kennedy Space Center on August 11.
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1992 — Croatian presidential election, 1992
Presidential elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 2 August 1992 alongside simultaneous parliamentary elections. The result was a victory for incumbent Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who received 57.8% of the vote, becoming the first popularly elected president of Croatia. Voter turnout was 74.9%. The 1,519,000 votes received by Tuđman remains the highest number of votes won by any president to date. Having previously been selected as president by Parliament, he was sworn in for his first proper term as president on 12 August 1992 at Saint Mark's square in Zagreb.
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1997 — Shiodome Legend (1997)
Shiodome Legend (1997) was the fifth and final Summer Spectacular and second Shiodome Legend professional wrestling television event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on August 2, 1997 at Shiodome in Tokyo, Japan and aired on Samurai TV!. The main event was a no ropes exploding barbed wire deathmatch between Masato Tanaka and W*ING Kanemura for the right to face Atsushi Onita in the main event of Kawasaki Legend: Fall Spectacular.
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1998 — Second Congo War
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just over a year after the First Congo War. The war initially erupted when Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila turned against his former allies from Rwanda and Uganda, who had helped him seize power.
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1998 — Heat Wave (1998)
The 1998 Heat Wave was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was the fifth Heat Wave and took place on August 2, 1998, from the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. This was the first edition of Heat Wave to be broadcast on pay-per-view. The event also featured talent from Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) due to partnership between ECW and FMW.
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1998 — 1998 MLS All-Star Game
The 1998 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 3rd Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 2, 1998, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. A team of United States all-stars, MLS USA, beat a team of International MLS all-stars, MLS World, by a score of 6–1. The 1998 MLS All-Star Game was preceded by a Women's international friendly match between the United States and Canada.
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1999 — Gaisal train disaster
The Gaisal train disaster occurred on 2 August 1999, when two trains carrying 2,500 people collided at the remote station of Gaisal, 310 miles from the city of Gauhati in Assam. The crash was at such high speeds that the trains actually exploded upon impact killing at least 290 people.
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2000 — 53rd Locarno Film Festival
The 53rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2000 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 18 films in competition. The opening film of the festival was the international premiere of X-Men directed by Bryan Singer. The Leopard of Honor was awarded to Paul Verhoeven, for his cinematic career, and his film Hollow Man had its European premiere on the Piazza Grande, the 10,000 seat open-air theater.
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2001 — 54th Locarno Film Festival
The 54th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2001 in Locarno, Switzerland. Nineteen films from twelve countries were screened in competition, of which, fifteen were world premieres and nine were directorial debuts. In total, there were 28 world premieres throughout the main three sections of the festival. The opening film of the festival was Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi.
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2002 — Leyenda de Plata (2002)
The Leyenda de Plata (2002) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from July 26, 2002, over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on August 9, 2002. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.
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2003 — 2003 Belgian Super Cup
The 2003 Belgian Supercup was a football match between the winners of the previous season's 2002–03 Belgian First Division and 2002–03 Belgian Cup competitions. The match was contested by cup winners La Louvière and league champions Club Brugge on 2 August 2003 at the ground of the league champions as usual, in this case the Jan Breydel Stadium.
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2003 — 2003 Supercupa României
The 2003 Supercupa României was the 7th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Naţional on 2 August 2003, and was contested between Divizia A title holders, Rapid and Cupa României champions, Dinamo. Rapid won the trophy in extra time after a golden goal by substitute Robert Niţă.
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2003 — 2003 MLS All-Star Game
The 2003 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 8th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 2, 2003 at The Home Depot Center, now known as Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson, California. The All-Star Game celebrated both the opening of the league's second soccer-specific stadium that season, as well as the announcement of the league's expansion with an eleventh team purchased by the owners of Mexico's Club Deportivo Guadalajara.
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2004 — 2004 DFB-Ligapokal final
The 2004 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 2004 DFB-Ligapokal, the 8th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition. The match was played on 2 August 2004 at the Bruchwegstadion in Mainz. Bayern Munich won the match 3–2 against Werder Bremen for their 5th title.
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2005 — Ohio's 2nd congressional district special election, 2005
Elections were held in Ohio's 2nd congressional district on August 2, 2005, to choose a United States Representative to replace Rob Portman, who resigned his seat on April 29, 2005, to become United States Trade Representative. Jean Schmidt, the Republican Party candidate, defeated Democrat Paul Hackett, in a surprisingly close election as the district has not elected a Democrat since Tom Luken won a 1974 special election.
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2005 — Air France Flight 358
Air France Flight 358 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, to Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario, Canada. On the afternoon of 2 August 2005, while landing at Pearson airport, the Airbus A340 operating the route overran the runway and crashed into nearby Etobicoke Creek, approximately 300 m (1,000 ft) beyond the end of the runway.
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2005 — 2005 DFL-Ligapokal final
The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition. The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.
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2006 — 59th Locarno Film Festival
The 59th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2006 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival featured 172 films in total, with twenty one films in competition from seventeen different countries. The opening film was the European premiere of Miami Vice directed by Michael Mann. The closing film was the European premiere of Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
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2007 — 2007 Nashville mayoral election
The 2007 Nashville mayoral election took place on September 11, 2007, following a primary election on August 2, 2007. Incumbent Mayor Bill Purcell was term-limited and could not seek a third term. A crowded field emerged to succeed him, which included Law Department Director Karl Dean, former Congressman Bob Clement, Vice Mayor Howard Gentry Jr., and Metro Councilmen Buck Dozier and David Briley.
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2008 — Death Before Dishonor VI
Death Before Dishonor VI was the sixth Death Before Dishonor professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), which took place on August 2, 2008, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. Prominent matches for the night included El Generico and Kevin Steen defeating The Motor City Machine Guns in a tag team match.
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2008 — 2008 Trophée des Champions
The 2008 Trophée des Champions Final was a football match that saw the 2007–08 Ligue 1 and Coupe de France champions Lyon face off against Bordeaux. Since Lyon won both the league and the Coupe de France, they faced the club that finished in second place in Ligue 1, Bordeaux. The match was held on 2 August 2008 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux.
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2009 — World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9
World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Victory Road on August 2, 2009. It featured the final round of WVR's 2009 Featherweight Grand-Prix. This event was broadcast in North America via tape delay on HDNet.
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2009 — 2009 Turkish Super Cup
TFF Süper Kupa 2009 (English: TFF Super Cup) was the 37th edition the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment. This was the first time, Turkish Super Cup was held in Istanbul. The match was the first official football encounter in Turkey before the 2009–10 season, held on 2 August 2009, in Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The previous versions were organized in German cities of Frankfurt, Köln, and Duisburg.
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2011 — 2011 Flint mayoral election
The 2011 Flint mayoral election took place on November 8, 2011, with a primary election taking place on August 2, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Dayne Walling, who was first elected in the 2009 special election, ran for re-election to a full term. He faced several opponents, and ultimately advanced to the general election against former City Administrator Darryl Buchanan, who unsuccessfully ran in the 2009 election.
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2012 — ʻEua Noble by-election, 2012
A by-election was held for the ʻEua Noble seat to the Legislative Assembly of Tonga on 2 August 2012. It was triggered by the dismissal from Parliament of the incumbent, the Speaker Lord Lasike, following his conviction for illegal possession of ammunition in July. The Tongan nobility elect nine representatives to Parliament. Technically, ʻEua is not a distinct constituency. Seventeen nobles jointly elect the three representatives of Tongatapu and the single representative of ʻEua, from within the same pool of nobles.
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2012 — Festival de las Máscaras (2012)
Festival de las Máscaras (2012) (Spanish for "Festival of the Mask") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on August 2, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. For this annual event the "Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F." (Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission) allowed wrestlers who had previously been unmasked after losing a Luchas de Apuestas, or bet match, to wear their masks again.
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2012 — Siege of Menagh Air Base
The siege of Menagh Air Base (also spelled Menegh, Mannagh, or Minakh) was an armed confrontation between the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army and aligned Islamist opposition groups during the Syrian civil war.
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2014 — 2014 Kunshan explosion
The 2014 Kunshan explosion (Chinese: 2014年昆山中荣工厂爆炸事故; pinyin: 2014 Nián Kūnshān Zhōngróng Gōngchǎng Bàozhà Shìgù) was a dust explosion that occurred at Zhongrong Metal Production Company, an automotive parts factory located in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, on 2 August 2014. As of December 30, 2014, the explosion killed 146 workers and injured 114 others.
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2014 — UFC 176
UFC 176: Aldo vs. Mendes II was a planned mixed martial arts event that was scheduled to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 2, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
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2014 — 2014 Czech Pirate Party leadership election
The Czech Pirate Party leadership election of 2014 was held on 2 August 2014. Lukáš Černohorský was elected new leader of the party.
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2014 — 2014 Trophée des Champions
The 2014 Trophée des Champions (English: 2014 Champions' Trophy) was the 19th edition of the French supercup. The match was played at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China. This was the sixth consecutive time the competition has taken place on foreign soil, and its first time in Asia. The match was between Paris Saint-Germain, the winners of the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, and the 2013–14 Coupe de France winners En Avant Guingamp.
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2015 — 2015 Johan Cruyff Shield
The 2015 Johan Cruyff Shield was the twentieth edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season's Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match was contested by FC Groningen, the 2014–15 KNVB Cup winners, and PSV Eindhoven, champions of the 2014–15 Eredivisie. It was held at the Amsterdam Arena on 2 August 2015.
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2015 — 2015 FA Community Shield
The 2015 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd FA Community Shield, an annual English football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup. The match was contested by Arsenal, the 2014–15 FA Cup winners, and Chelsea, champions of the 2014–15 Premier League. It was held at Wembley Stadium on 2 August 2015.
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2017 — 2017 MLS All-Star Game
The 2017 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 22nd annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The game took place on August 2, 2017 (7:30 p.m. local time) at Soldier Field in Chicago. The game was televised live on Fox Sports 1 and Univision in the United States, and on TSN and TVA Sports in Canada. La Liga side Real Madrid were the opponents.
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2017 — 2017 Honduran Supercup
The 2017 Honduran Supercup was a match arranged by the Honduran Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup which took place on 2 August 2017 between F.C. Motagua, winners of the 2016–17 Liga Nacional and C.D. Marathón, overall winners of the 2017 Honduran Cup season. This was the first official edition of the Honduran Supercup and the 5th overall.
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2017 — 70th Locarno Film Festival
The 70th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 2017 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival's opening film was Tomorrow and Thereafter (Demain et tous les autres jours) directed by Noémie Lvovsky. The closing film was Gotthard – One Life, One Soul directed by Kevin Merz. The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to the documentary film Mrs. Fang directed by Wang Bing.
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2018 — PFL 5 (2018)
The PFL 5 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 2, 2018, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. This is the fifth regular season event of 2018 and included only fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.
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2018 — 2018 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election
The 2018 Knox County mayoral election was held on August 2, 2018, to determine the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. Republican businessman and professional wrestler Glenn Jacobs (better known by his ring name, Kane) won the election with 66.4% of the vote against Democrat Linda Haney. Incumbent mayor Tim Burchett, first elected in 2010, was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.
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2018 — Lee Harris wins the Shelby County mayoral election
Lee Harris defeated David Lenoir in the election for mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee. Harris won about 55 percent of the vote.
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2018 — Jim Coppinger is re-elected mayor of Hamilton County
Jim Coppinger defeated Aloyse Brown in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He won about 60 percent of the vote.
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2019 — CMLL Universal Amazons Championship (2019)
The CMLL Universal Amazons Championship (2019) (Spanish: Campeonato Universal de Amazonas) is a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament started on August 2, 2019, and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the final held on August 14, 2019, at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. 2019 marked the first year that CMLL held a women's version of their annual Universal Championship tournament, with the intention to make the Universal Amazons Championship an annual event as well.
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2019 — 2019 Cinemalaya
The 15th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival was held August 2–13, 2019, in Metro Manila, Philippines. A total of ten full-length features and ten short films competed. The festival was opened by the film Ang Hupa by Lav Diaz and its closing film was Mina-Anud by Kerwin Go.
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2020 — 2020 National League play-off final
The 2020 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match contested between Harrogate Town and Notts County to determine the second and final team to gain promotion from the National League to EFL League Two. It was played on 2 August 2020 at Wembley Stadium in London.
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2020 — 2020 Albanian Cup final
The 2020 Albanian Cup final was a football match that was played on 2 August 2020 to decide the winner of the 2019–20 Albanian Cup, the 68th edition of Albania's primary football cup. The match was played between Teuta and Tirana at Arena Kombëtare in Tirana. Teuta won the match 2−0, their fourth time winning the Albanian Cup.
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2020 — 2020 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2020 Bulgarian Supercup was the 17th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Professional Football League and Bulgarian Cup. The game was played between the champions of the 2019-20 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2020 Bulgarian Cup winners, Lokomotiv Plovdiv. This was Ludogorets's eighth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Lokomotiv Plovdiv's fourth.
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2023 — 76th Locarno Film Festival
The 76th annual Locarno Festival was held from 2 August to 12 August 2023 in Locarno, Switzerland. French actor Lambert Wilson was the head of the Main Competition Jury. American filmmaker Harmony Korine received the Pardo d’Onore Manor. The Iranian film Critical Zone, directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh, was the winner of the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize.
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2024 — PFL 7 (2024)
The PFL 7 mixed martial arts event for the 2024 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 2, 2024, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This marked the semi-final playoffs for the Women's Flyweight and Heavyweight divisions.
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2025 — 2025 Copa América Femenina final
The 2025 Copa América Femenina final was a women's association football match that took place on 2 August 2025 at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado in Quito, Ecuador, to determine the winner of the 2025 Copa América Femenina. The match took place between Colombia and Brazil. After a 4–4 tie in extra time, Brazil defeated Colombia in a 5-4 penalty shoot-out, thus winning their fifth consecutive (and record-extending ninth overall) Copa América Femenina title.
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2025 — UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park
UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park (also known as UFC on ESPN 71 and UFC Vegas 108) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 2, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.
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2025 — ONE Fight Night 34
ONE Fight Night 34: Eersel vs. Jarvis was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on August 2, 2025, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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