FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013

Today is Friday, August 2, the 214th day of 2013. There are 151 days left in the year.

1375 ― First roller-skating rink opens (London)

1776 ― Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence

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

1964 ― North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin

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

1903 ― Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey

1962 ― NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m

1987 ― Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)

1990 ― Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait

1991 ― Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges