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Aug. 2 Highlights From History Across Centuries
The Aug. 2 Today in History notes events from 1610 Hudson Bay voyage to 2020s political and space milestones. It lists Henry Hudson reaching Hudson Bay in 1610, the 1776 start of Declaration signers, Civil War Ambulance Corps in 1862, Hallidie’s cable car test in 1873, Black Sox acquittals in 1921, Bell’s death in 1922, Harding’s death in 1923, Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Potsdam talks in 1945, and major later events including plane crashes and spaceflight returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay
Continental Congress
Ambulance Corps
Army of the Potomac
George McClellan
Andrew S. Hallidie
San Francisco
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Enrico Caruso
Naples
Italy
Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia
Canada
United States
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Harry