A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 2 throughout history.
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BC Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over Greece and the Aegean Sea
BC Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae - Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under the command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.
First US census conducted; population is 3,929,214, including 697,624 slaves
Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk and Fox Native Americans, ending the Black Hawk War
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.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, best known for its consumer electronics, software and online services.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party [1]
"American Graffiti," directed by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, premieres at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland
The Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street, in Liverpool was the venue where the Beatles' UK popularity started.
Saratoga Racecourse, America's oldest thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing
US educational pioneer Booker T. Washington (26) weds Fanny Smith
Novelist Hermann Hesse (27) weds Maria Bernoulli
Laurence McKinley Gould (33), American Geologist and Polar Explorer weds Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan
American "Legally Blonde" actress Reese Witherspoon and American talent agent Jim Toth divorce after 11 years of marriage
St Stephen I's death ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Frederick of Lorraine elected as the first Belgian Pope Stephen IX [X]
King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest
Renaissance humanist and physician Hieronymus Münzer sets off from Nuremburg on a journey through Europe to the Iberian Peninsula, fleeing the plague [1]
French troops leave Flanders
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.
Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor
Spanish garrison of Meurs surrenders to an Anglo-Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau and Robert Bertie
Battle of Vågen: English warships attack a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet in neutral Bergen, Norway, but the English are forced to retreat after suffering 421 dead and wounded
Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer
Austria joins Triple Alliance of Britain, France and the Dutch Republic forming the Quadruple Alliance, to fight against Spain
Swiss alpine explorer Horace Bénédict de Saussure becomes the third person to reach the top of Mont Blanc
Samuel Briggs and his son granted US patent for a nail-making machine
First parachute jump in US by Frenchman Louis-Charles Guille over Jersey City
Ten-Day Campaign begins; Dutch army occupies Belgium
First mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets
The Battle of Dug Springs, also known as the Rains Scare, was a part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street) on the south.
First trial run of San Francisco cable car in Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
San Francisco Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes
Greenwich (-ij, GRIN-) is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of...
Chester A. Hodge of Beloit, Wisconsin, patents "spur" barbed wire
George A. Wheeler is granted a US patent for a prototype of the escalator
Death duties are first introduced in Britain
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903.
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing,...
President of Haiti Antoine Simon is ousted in a coup d'état by General Cincinnatus Leconte and flees Port-au-Prince aboard the Haitian warship 17 Décembre, bound for the United States [1]
The ultimatum of July 23, 1914, was a diplomatic note delivered by the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in Belgrade to the Serbian Minister of Finance.
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto
Japan participated in World War I from 1914 to 1918 as a member of the Allies/Entente and played an important role against the Imperial German Navy.
After three hours of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquits eight Chicago White Sox players accused in the Black Sox scandal; the next day, they are banned from organized baseball for life
China is hit by a typhoon, killing about 60,000 people
A's first baseman Joe Hauser sets an AL record of 14 total bases in a game with three home runs and a double as Philadelphia beats the Cleveland Indians 12-4 at Dunn Field
Philadelphia first baseman Don Hurst sets an NL record with six consecutive games hitting a home run in the Phillies' 2-0 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates
Referendum in favor of autonomous status for Spanish Catalonia garners 99.5% of the vote; about 75% of eligible voters participate
The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. Forty athletes from 24 nations competed.
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 passes in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal
MLB conducts the first test of bright yellow baseballs during Brooklyn Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader
German 11th Army surrounds 20 Soviet divisions at Oeman
Dutch Catholic Jews are arrested and transported to Amersfoort camp
Armed revolt by 800 prisoners at Treblinka Extermination Camp: crematorium destroyed; 200 escape the compound, but only 100 survive
Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker
Danish swimmer Greta Andersen (1:06.3) touches out American Ann Curtis by 0.2 seconds in the women's 100 m freestyle at the London Olympics
KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
USSR performs a nuclear test
Lovell Telescope's first light (first astronomical image) by what was then the world's largest steerable telescope at Jodrell Bank, England [1]
American pilots Jim Heth and Bill Burkhart take off from Dallas, Texas, in "The Old Scotchman," their modified Cessna 172, in an effort to break the airplane flight endurance record; they fly for slightly over 50 days, eclipsing the existing record by more than 3 days
Baseball's new Continental League formally disbands without ever having played a game after established MLB promises of expansion, including New York City, achieve the owners' desired effect; on August 2, 1960, the Continental League formally disbands
Cyrille Adoula (13 September 1921 – 24 May 1978) was a Congolese trade unionist and politician. He was the prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, from 2 August 1961 until 30 June 1964.
30th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000 attendees)
Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War as the...
Radio Vila in the New Hebrides begins broadcasting
NFL New Orleans Saints play their first-ever preseason game, losing to the Los Angeles Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in California
35th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917 attendees)
France performs a nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
Gold is a chemical element; its chemical symbol is Au (from Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright-metallic-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.
Providence ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a first innings 107 as England beats Australia by seven wickets in the third Test at Trent Bridge
MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams
Cuban super-heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson becomes the first fighter to win three Olympic gold medals in the same division, scoring a 4-1 points decision over Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) in Moscow
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Jeff Blatnick becomes the first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics while in remission for Hodgkin’s disease
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, operated by a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes on approach to Dallas Fort Worth Airport during a thunderstorm, killing 137 and injuring 25
Cincinnati outfielder Eric Davis is seventh to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win against the Giants
Raymond Acevedo (16) retires from pop singing boy band Menudo
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, codenamed Project 17, began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War.
American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics
Maryland investors, led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos, buy the MLB Baltimore Orioles team at auction in New York for $173 million, nearly $50 million more than ever paid for a baseball team
Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi, China, kills over 120
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd issues a decree replacing all members of the Council of Ministers who do not have blood ties to the royal Family
South African cricket batsman Graeme Smith blazes 259, and fast bowler Makhaya Ntini takes five wickets in each England innings as Proteas win the second Test by an innings and 92 runs at Lord's
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against...
40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria
Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
First footage of white giraffes is posted by the Hirola Conservation Program in northeastern Kenya
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Australian state of Victoria announces state of disaster and imposes further lockdown measures after spike in COVID-19 cases
Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years, registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) between July 29th and August 2nd as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
MLB Speedway Classic: regular season record crowd of 91,032 gathers for a baseball game at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, but game gets rained out in bottom of first inning
Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, known for israeli politician, was born on 1923-08-02.
James Baldwin, American writer and activist, known for american writer and activist, was born on 1924-08-02.
Isabel Allende, American chilean-american writer, known for chilean-american writer, was born on 1943-08-02. Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer.
JD Vance is born
Myrna Loy, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1905-08-02. Myrna Loy was an American film, television and stage actress.
Carroll O'Connor, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1924-08-02.
Peter O'Toole, English actor, known for british actor, was born on 1932-08-02. Peter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor known for his leading roles on stage and…
Ken Kutaragi, Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, known for japanese engineering technologist and businessman, was born on 1951-08-02.
Mary-Louise Parker, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1965-08-02. Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress.
Sam Worthington, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1977-08-02.
Billy Cannon athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1937-08-02. Billy Abb Cannon Sr.
Constantine I is born
Wes Craven, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1939-08-02. Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American filmmaker.
BC Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae - Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under the command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro
St Stephen I's death ends his reign as Catholic Pope
BC Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over Greece and the Aegean Sea
Frederick of Lorraine elected as the first Belgian Pope Stephen IX [X]
King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest
Renaissance humanist and physician Hieronymus Münzer sets off from Nuremburg on a journey through Europe to the Iberian Peninsula, fleeing the plague [1]
French troops leave Flanders
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.
Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor
Spanish garrison of Meurs surrenders to an Anglo-Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau and Robert Bertie
Battle of Vågen: English warships attack a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet in neutral Bergen, Norway, but the English are forced to retreat after suffering 421 dead and wounded
Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer
Austria joins Triple Alliance of Britain, France and the Dutch Republic forming the Quadruple Alliance, to fight against Spain
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States.
Swiss alpine explorer Horace Bénédict de Saussure becomes the third person to reach the top of Mont Blanc
First US census conducted; population is 3,929,214, including 697,624 slaves
Samuel Briggs and his son granted US patent for a nail-making machine
First parachute jump in US by Frenchman Louis-Charles Guille over Jersey City
Ten-Day Campaign begins; Dutch army occupies Belgium
Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk and Fox Native Americans, ending the Black Hawk War
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.
First mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets
The Battle of Dug Springs, also known as the Rains Scare, was a part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
Saratoga Racecourse, America's oldest thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing
Constantine I is born
The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, between Tower Hill on the north bank of the river and Vine Lane (off Tooley Street) on the south.
First trial run of San Francisco cable car in Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
San Francisco Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes
Greenwich (-ij, GRIN-) is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east-south-east of...
US educational pioneer Booker T. Washington (26) weds Fanny Smith
Chester A. Hodge of Beloit, Wisconsin, patents "spur" barbed wire
George A. Wheeler is granted a US patent for a prototype of the escalator
Death duties are first introduced in Britain
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903.
Novelist Hermann Hesse (27) weds Maria Bernoulli
Myrna Loy, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1905-08-02. Myrna Loy was an American film, television and stage actress.
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing,...
President of Haiti Antoine Simon is ousted in a coup d'état by General Cincinnatus Leconte and flees Port-au-Prince aboard the Haitian warship 17 Décembre, bound for the United States [1]
The ultimatum of July 23, 1914, was a diplomatic note delivered by the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in Belgrade to the Serbian Minister of Finance.
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto
Japan participated in World War I from 1914 to 1918 as a member of the Allies/Entente and played an important role against the Imperial German Navy.
After three hours of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquits eight Chicago White Sox players accused in the Black Sox scandal; the next day, they are banned from organized baseball for life
China is hit by a typhoon, killing about 60,000 people
Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, known for israeli politician, was born on 1923-08-02.
Warren G. Harding dies
A's first baseman Joe Hauser sets an AL record of 14 total bases in a game with three home runs and a double as Philadelphia beats the Cleveland Indians 12-4 at Dunn Field
James Baldwin, American writer and activist, known for american writer and activist, was born on 1924-08-02.
Carroll O'Connor, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1924-08-02.
Philadelphia first baseman Don Hurst sets an NL record with six consecutive games hitting a home run in the Phillies' 2-0 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates
Laurence McKinley Gould (33), American Geologist and Polar Explorer weds Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Referendum in favor of autonomous status for Spanish Catalonia garners 99.5% of the vote; about 75% of eligible voters participate
Peter O'Toole, English actor, known for british actor, was born on 1932-08-02. Peter James O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor known for his leading roles on stage and…
Paul von Hindenburg dies
The men's high jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. Forty athletes from 24 nations competed.
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 passes in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal
Billy Cannon athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1937-08-02. Billy Abb Cannon Sr.
MLB conducts the first test of bright yellow baseballs during Brooklyn Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader
Wes Craven, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1939-08-02. Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American filmmaker.
German 11th Army surrounds 20 Soviet divisions at Oeman
Dutch Catholic Jews are arrested and transported to Amersfoort camp
Armed revolt by 800 prisoners at Treblinka Extermination Camp: crematorium destroyed; 200 escape the compound, but only 100 survive
Isabel Allende, American chilean-american writer, known for chilean-american writer, was born on 1943-08-02. Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer.
Jewish survivors of Kovono Ghetto emerge from their bunker
Danish swimmer Greta Andersen (1:06.3) touches out American Ann Curtis by 0.2 seconds in the women's 100 m freestyle at the London Olympics
Ken Kutaragi, Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, known for japanese engineering technologist and businessman, was born on 1951-08-02.
KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
USSR performs a nuclear test
Lovell Telescope's first light (first astronomical image) by what was then the world's largest steerable telescope at Jodrell Bank, England [1]
American pilots Jim Heth and Bill Burkhart take off from Dallas, Texas, in "The Old Scotchman," their modified Cessna 172, in an effort to break the airplane flight endurance record; they fly for slightly over 50 days, eclipsing the existing record by more than 3 days
Baseball's new Continental League formally disbands without ever having played a game after established MLB promises of expansion, including New York City, achieve the owners' desired effect; on August 2, 1960, the Continental League formally disbands
The Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street, in Liverpool was the venue where the Beatles' UK popularity started.
Cyrille Adoula (13 September 1921 – 24 May 1978) was a Congolese trade unionist and politician. He was the prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, from 2 August 1961 until 30 June 1964.
30th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17 (65,000 attendees)
Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
In 1965, the United States rapidly increased its military forces in South Vietnam, prompted by the realization that the South Vietnamese government was losing the Vietnam War as the...
Mary-Louise Parker, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1965-08-02. Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress.
Radio Vila in the New Hebrides begins broadcasting
NFL New Orleans Saints play their first-ever preseason game, losing to the Los Angeles Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in California
35th Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17 (69,917 attendees)
France performs a nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
Gold is a chemical element; its chemical symbol is Au (from Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright-metallic-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.
"American Graffiti," directed by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, premieres at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland
Providence ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a first innings 107 as England beats Australia by seven wickets in the third Test at Trent Bridge
Sam Worthington, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1977-08-02.
MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams
Cuban super-heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson becomes the first fighter to win three Olympic gold medals in the same division, scoring a 4-1 points decision over Pyotr Zayev (Soviet Union) in Moscow
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Jeff Blatnick becomes the first American to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Los Angeles Olympics while in remission for Hodgkin’s disease
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, operated by a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes on approach to Dallas Fort Worth Airport during a thunderstorm, killing 137 and injuring 25
JD Vance is born
Don Estridge, American personal computer industry pioneer, known for american personal computer industry pioneer, died on 1985-08-02.
Cincinnati outfielder Eric Davis is seventh to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win against the Giants
Raymond Acevedo (16) retires from pop singing boy band Menudo
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, codenamed Project 17, began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War.
American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics
Maryland investors, led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos, buy the MLB Baltimore Orioles team at auction in New York for $173 million, nearly $50 million more than ever paid for a baseball team
Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi, China, kills over 120
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd issues a decree replacing all members of the Council of Ministers who do not have blood ties to the royal Family
South African cricket batsman Graeme Smith blazes 259, and fast bowler Makhaya Ntini takes five wickets in each England innings as Proteas win the second Test by an innings and 92 runs at Lord's
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2012. Pakistan has faced numerous attacks by insurgents as a result of the ongoing War in North-West Pakistan by the Pakistani military against...
40 people are killed after an ammunition depot explodes in Homs, Syria
Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
First footage of white giraffes is posted by the Hirola Conservation Program in northeastern Kenya
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, best known for its consumer electronics, software and online services.
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Australian state of Victoria announces state of disaster and imposes further lockdown measures after spike in COVID-19 cases
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party [1]
American "Legally Blonde" actress Reese Witherspoon and American talent agent Jim Toth divorce after 11 years of marriage
Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years, registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) between July 29th and August 2nd as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
MLB Speedway Classic: regular season record crowd of 91,032 gathers for a baseball game at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, but game gets rained out in bottom of first inning