MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010

Today is Monday, August 2, the 214th day of 2010. There are 151 days left in the year.

1375 _ First roller skating rink opens (London)

1492 _ Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

1776 _ Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence

1819 _ First parachute jump in U.S.

1858 _ First street mailboxes _ Boston, Mass.

1903 _ Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey

1961 _ Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club

1965 _ Morley Safers ends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing

1989 _ NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of three more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 & 1989 N24

1990 _ Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait