August 2
NATIONAL Ice Cream Sandwich Day
NATIONAL Coloring Book Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1776 The Continental Congress, having decided unanimously on the Declaration of Independence, affixes the signatures of the other delegates to the document
1876 Wild Bill Hickok is shot while playing poker
1887 Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire
1909 The first Lincoln pennies were minted
1990 Iraqi forces invade neighboring Kuwait, beginning the First Gulf War, "Desert Shield/Desert Storm"
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