Major Events
- 338 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
- 216 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
- 1776 Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians)
- 1790 First US census conducted; population is 3,929,214, including 697,624 slaves
- 1832 Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk and Fox Native Americans, ending the Black Hawk War
- 1858 The Government of India is transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
- 2018 Apple becomes the first American publicly listed company to reach $1 trillion in value
- 2022 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party [1]
Aug 2 in Film & TV
- 1973 “American Graffiti,” directed by George Lucas and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, premieres at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland
Aug 2 in Music
- 1961 The Beatles perform their first gig as the house band at Liverpool’s Cavern Club
Aug 2 in Sport
- 1864 Saratoga Racecourse, America’s oldest thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing
Did You Know?
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 passes in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal
Fun Fact About August 2
First footage of white giraffes is posted by the Hirola Conservation Program in northeastern Kenya
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