{"id":22998,"date":"2020-08-02T05:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T23:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=22998"},"modified":"2020-08-01T17:39:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T12:09:12","slug":"history-of-2-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-2-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 2 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; Iraq invaded the oil-rich\ncountry of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by\nexceeding production quotas set by OPEC.<\/li><li>1995 &#8211; China ordered the expulsion\nof two&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Air Force officers. The two were said to have been caught\nspying on military sights. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1999&nbsp;\u2013\n     The&nbsp;Gaisal train disaster&nbsp;claims 285 lives in&nbsp;Assam, India.<\/li><li>2005&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Air\n     France Flight 358&nbsp;lands at&nbsp;Toronto Pearson International\n     Airport&nbsp;and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into\n     flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.<\/li><li>2014&nbsp;\u2013\n     At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in\n     a&nbsp;factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer<\/li><li>1981 \u2013&nbsp;Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer<\/li><li>1982&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;H\u00e9lder Postiga, Portuguese footballer<\/li><li>1982 \u2013&nbsp;Kerry Rhodes, American football player<\/li><li>1982 \u2013&nbsp;Grady Sizemore, American baseball player<\/li><li>1982 \u2013&nbsp;Cynthia Stevenson, American actress<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_2#cite_note-rose-9\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1983&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer<\/li><li>1984&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer<\/li><li>1985&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013&nbsp;David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler<\/li><li>1985 \u2013&nbsp;Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist<\/li><li>1986&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier<\/li><li>1988&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li><li>1989&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer<\/li><li>1990&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player<\/li><li>1994&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player<\/li><li>1994 \u2013&nbsp;Laremy Tunsil, American football player<\/li><li>1995&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, Latvian basketball player<\/li><li>1996&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Simone Manuel, American swimmer<\/li><li>1999&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_2#cite_note-11\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. 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