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August 2

4 sourced moments from August 2 in history: Henry Hudson entered Hudson Bay (1610); The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776; Einstein's letter to FDR pictured a bomb too heavy to fly (1939), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on August 2

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1990 History · War & Conflict

Iraq invaded Kuwait

Before dawn, Iraqi tanks rolled south into Kuwait, seizing the emirate in hours and igniting the Gulf War.

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1939 Science · Physics

Einstein's letter to FDR pictured a bomb too heavy to fly

Einstein's August 1939 warning to Roosevelt imagined an atomic bomb delivered by boat to a port — and it took two months to reach the president.

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1776 History · Modern

The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776

Congress adopted it on July 4, but most delegates signed a month later, some signed months after that, and their names were kept secret into 1777.

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1610 Geography · Borders & Maps

Henry Hudson entered Hudson Bay

Chasing a shortcut to Asia, an English navigator sailed into a frozen inland sea that would carry his name forever.

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