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This Day In History August 02


Delegates sign Declaration of Independence CSS Shenandoah learns the war is over George Eliot begins Middlemarch Wild Bill Hickok is murdered Mutiny breaks out on German battleship Harding dies before scandals break Hitler becomes fuhrer President of the Weimar Republic Hindenburg dies Einstein urges U.S. atomic action Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven born Man murdered near L.A. reservoir Japanese forces attack PT boat with Kennedy on board Potsdam Conference concludes North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack U.S. destroyer Nixon administration acknowledges secret army in Laos Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson dies Sudden thunderstorm causes plane crash Michael Andretti races to fast finish at Marlboro 500 Iraq invades Kuwait Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins gold in heptathlon, again
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