| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| August 2, 1776 | Friday | Formal signing of Dec of Ind |
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| August 2, 1858 | Monday | 1st street mailboxes - Boston Mass |
| August 2, 1873 | Saturday | 1st trial run of SF cable car Clay Street between Kearny & Jones |
| August 2, 1877 | Thursday | SF Public Library opens with 5000 volumes |
| August 2, 1903 | Sunday | Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey |
| August 2, 1909 | Monday | 1st Lincoln head pennies minted |
| August 2, 1923 | Thursday | Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel SF |
| August 2, 1934 | Thursday | Hitler takes over presidency when Paul Von Hindenburg died at 86 |
| August 2, 1965 | Monday | Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing |
| August 2, 1975 | Saturday | Billy Martin named manager of NY Yankees (1st time) |
| August 2, 1979 | Thursday | Thurmon Munson killed in a plane crash at Akron Ohio at age 32 |
| August 2, 1986 | Saturday | TODAY/PC born today |