August 2 nd

1990 Iraq invades Kuwait

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At about 2 a.m. local
time, Iraqi forces
invaded Kuwait,
Iraq's tiny, oil-rich
neighbour
 1934 Hitler became fuhrer
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With the death of
German President
Paul von
Hindenburg,
Chancellor Adolf
Hitler became
absolute dictator of
Germany under the
title of Fuhrer, or
"Leader."
1983 Legendary Motown bassist James
Jamerson dies
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James Jamerson,
who laid the
foundation of the
Motown sound,
died of
pneumonia on
this day in 1983.
 1992 Jackie Joyner-Kersee won gold in
heptathlon, again
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this day in 1992,
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
became the first
woman ever to win
two consecutive
Olympic gold medals
in the heptathlon
1939 Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven
born
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On this day in 1939,
Wes Craven, the man
responsible for
terrorizing millions of
moviegoers with his
Nightmare on Elm
Street series and
Scream trilogy, ised
born in Cleveland,
Ohio.
1987 Michael Andretti races to fast
finish at Marlboro 500
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Michael Andretti
won the Marlboro
500 at the Michigan
International
Speedway in
Brooklyn, Michigan,
with an average
speed of 171.490
miles per hour.
1869 George Eliot began
Middlemarch
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On this day in
1869, George
Eliot began work
on her
masterpiece
Middlemarch
Pulp Fiction
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In a decade of films
increasingly
dominated by formula
Hollywood offerings,
"Pulp Fiction"
appeared refreshingly
different