On August 2, 1992, Jackie Joyner-Kersee becomes the first woman ever to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon.

On August 2, 1990, Iraq launched a swift and aggressive invasion of Kuwait, igniting a conflict that would have profound implications for the region and the world.

On August 2, 1985, strong and sudden wind gusts cause a plane crash at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in Texas that kills 135 people.

John W. Dean Sentenced in Watergate Scandal In a landmark decision that underscored the severity of the Watergate scandal, John W.

The last wartime conference of the “Big Three”—the Soviet Union, the United States and Great Britain—concludes after two weeks of intense and sometimes acrimonious debate.

In July and August of 1945, the Potsdam Conference marked a pivotal moment in post-World War II diplomacy, uniting three of the most powerful leaders of the time: U.

Historic Letter from Einstein Spurs U.

In a hotel in San Francisco, President Warren G.

On August 2, 1918, United States troops land at Archangel, in northern Russia.

On August 2, 1917, with British forces settling into new positions captured from the Germans in the much-contested Ypres Salient on the Western Front of World War I, Germany faces more trouble closer to home, as a mutiny breaks out aboard the German battleship Prinzregent Luitpold, anchored at the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven.