1 of 5 | Former President Warren G. Harding. Picture courtesy the Library of Congress
Aug. 2 (UPI) — On this date in historical past:
In 1776, the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, was signed by members of the Continental Congress.
In 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding died of a stroke in a San Francisco resort on the age of 58. He was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
In 1934, with the dying of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler grew to become absolute dictator of Germany below the title of fuehrer, or “chief.”
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In 1956, U.S. Virgin Islands Nationwide Park, which encompasses 23 sq. miles of land and water, was established.
In 1968, a significant earthquake within the Philippines rocked Manila, killing 307 folks.
In 1974, John Dean, counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon, was sentenced to at least one to 4 years in jail for his half within the Watergate coverup. Dean’s sentence was diminished and he was launched after 4 months.
In 1985, 135 folks died within the crash of a Delta Air Traces L-1011 jet at Dallas-Fort Price Worldwide Airport.
In 1990, Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait after weeks of rigidity over disputed land and oil manufacturing quotas.
In 1992, Jackie Joyner-Kersee grew to become the primary girl to win consecutive Olympic gold medals within the heptathlon.
In 2000, the Republican Get together nominated George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to go its ticket for the November elections.
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In 2018, Apple grew to become the primary publicly traded firm to achieve a trillion-dollar market capitalization.
In 2020, two NASA astronauts splashed down within the Gulf of Mexico after finishing a two-month mission that despatched them to the Worldwide Area Station to check SpaceX’s groundbreaking Crew Dragon shuttle capsule. It was the primary industrial crewed mission in U.S. historical past.
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