August 2 - First Day

First Day

First day of School-Camp!

This Day In History

216 BC

The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at Cannae.

1610

Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.

1776

Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1790

The first US Census is conducted.
1858
First mailboxes installed in New York City & Boston streets.

1870

Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.

1873

The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

1932

The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.

1945

Potsdam Conference, at which the Allied Powers discuss the future of defeated Germany.

Famous Birthdays

1612

Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)

1820

John Tyndall, British physicist (d. 1893)

1834

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)

1835

Elisha Gray, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901)

1891

Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of the Queen's Music (d. 1975)

1892

Jack Warner, Canadian-born American film producer (d. 1978)

1905

Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)

1924

Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)

1932

Peter O'Toole, Irish actor

1939

Wes Craven, American film director

1945

Joanna Cassidy, American actress

1948

Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author
Robert Holdstock, English speculative fiction writer (d. 2009)
1964
Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
1970
Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter