August 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 2
In the headlines today:

1990	Iraq invades oil-rich Kuwait, the event that triggered Operation Desert Storm.
1987		Disney rereleases the animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to theaters. (photo credit: Disney)
1960		Future US president John F. Kennedy suffers a back injury as the US Navy boat, PT 109, is rammed by a Japanese destroyer during WWII. (photo credit: NARA)
1923	Warren G. Harding, the 29th US president, dies in San Francisco.
1921	Opera singer Enrico Caruso dies in Naples, Italy, at age 48.
1887	Inventor Hodge Rowell receives a patent for barbed wire.
1876	Wild Bill Hickok is shot in the back and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.
1870	The subway system opens in London, England.
1824	New York City's Fifth Avenue retail district opens.
1823	The New York Mirror newspaper is founded.
1776		John Hancock becomes the first Continental Congress attendee to sign the Declaration of Independence. (photo credit: NARA)
1100	King William II of England is killed in a hunting accident.