08-02-2006, 04:52 PM
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August 2nd
216 B.C. ~ During the Battle of Cannae, in a masterpiece of tactical warfare, Hannibal destroyed the double Consular Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Publius Terentius Varro.
1776 ~ Delegates to the Continental Congress began to sign the Declaration of Independence.
1876 ~ Death of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, Gunfighter.
1921 ~ Death of Enrico Caruso, Italian Tenor.
1922 ~ Death of Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor.
1932 ~ Birthday of Peter O'Toole, Actor. (Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter).
1939 ~ Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.
1943 ~ PT-109, commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy rammed and sunk.
1976 ~ Death of Fritz Lang, Film Director.(Metropolis, M, Frau im Mond)
1990 ~ Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to the Gulf War.
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