FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019

1375 ― First roller skating rink opens (London)

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

1832 ― Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc

1858 ― First street mailboxes-Boston, Mass

1903 ― Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey

1909 ― First Lincoln head pennies minted

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

1964 ― North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin

1987 ― Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game

1990 ― Iraq invades, occupies Kuwait

1991 ― Funk singer Rick James arrested on sexual torture charges

1991 ― Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA