Today is Saturday, August 2, the 215th day of 2008. There are 151 days left in the year.
1375 _ First roller skating rink opens (London)
1492 _ Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
1776 _ Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence
1819 _ First parachute jump in U.S.
1903 _ Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
1909 _ Army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers
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
1986 _ TODAY/PC born today
1990 _ Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait