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Today in History: Tuesday, August\u00a0 02, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate.
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216<\/td>\nDuring the Second Punic War, Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated the Roman army in the Battle of Cannae.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1776<\/td>\nMembers of the Continental Congress began signing the Declaration of Independence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1876<\/td>\nFrontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood in present-day South Dakota.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nPresident Warren G. Harding died of a heart attack in San Francisco at age 57.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1934<\/td>\nGerman President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1939<\/td>\nAlbert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nPT-109, a Navy patrol torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, sank after being sheared in two by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands. Kennedy was credited with saving members of the crew.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nPresident Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concluded the Potsdam conference.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nThe Pentagon reported the first of two attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nA Delta Air Lines jumbo jet crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 137 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nRepublicans nominated Texas Gov. George W. Bush for president and Dick Cheney for vice president at the party’s convention in Philadelphia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nMattel recalled nearly a million Chinese-made toys from its Fisher-Price division that were found to have excessive amounts of lead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nThe Senate passed, and President Barack Obama signed, legislation to avoid an unprecedented national default.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker (“Weeds”) turns 52 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Paul Laxalt<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, R-Nevada<\/td>\n94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garth Hudson<\/td>\nRock musician (The Band)<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wes Craven<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Snow<\/td>\nFormer treasury secretary<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joanna Cassidy<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butch Patrick<\/td>\nActor (“The Munsters”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mojo Nixon<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Victoria Jackson<\/td>\nActress (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apollonia<\/td>\nActress (“Purple Rain”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cynthia Stevenson<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Wakefield<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Smith<\/td>\nWriter, director<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edward Furlong<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hallie Eisenberg<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Sam Worthington (“Avatar”) turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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