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On this day: August 2

POSTED: 01:10 PM PDT Aug 01, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 01, 2012

America formally declares its independence, the U.S. Census is born, a president dies, JFK becomes a hero and a young Robert Zimmerman changes his name, all on this day.

OTD August 2 - Iraq Kuwait — 27 / 29

U.S. Navy

1990: Iraq invades Kuwait. Within two days of intense combat, most of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces are either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or have escaped to neighboring Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The invasion would eventually lead to the Gulf War.

OTD August 2 - Henry Hudson

OTD August 2 - Declaration of Independence

OTD August 2 - Census

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OTD August 2 - Tower subway

OTD August 2 - cable car

OTD August 2 - Wild Bill Hickok

OTD August 2 - Alexander Graham Bell

OTD August 2 - Harding Coolidge

OTD August 2 - Caroll O'Conner

OTD August 2 - Peter O'Toole

OTD August 2 - Adolf Hitler

OTD August 2 - marijuana

OTD August 2 - Albert Einstein

OTD August 2 - Wes Craven

OTD August 2 - Treblinka sign

OTD August 2 - PT-109 JFK

OTD August 2 - Bob Dylan

OTD August 2 - USS Maddox

OTD August 2 - Mary Louise Parker

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OTD August 2 - Bob Dylan

OTD August 2 - Summerland

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OTD August 2 - Iraq Kuwait

OTD August 2 - William S Burroughs

OTD August 2 - Lindsay Lohan

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