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The Pentagon reported the first of two North Vietnamese attacks on
U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin on this day in 1964. The attack sparks escalation of the Vietnam War.
The guided missile destroyer USS McCormick is fired upon by North Vietnamese shore batteries.
Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait on this day in 1990. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices when it exceeded
production quotas set by OPEC. Saddam Hussein became the
President of Iraq.
Toppling the statue of Saddam Hussein during the invasion of Iraq.
Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s encounter with a Japanese destroyer
on the night of August 1, 1943, may be the most famous small-craft engagement in naval history. The vessel sank on this day in 1943.
Future U.S. President Lieutenant John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109.
It was on this day in 1923.
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)
The card hand held by Hickok at his death, now
widely known as the "dead man’s hand".
Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall
on this day in 1876.
Jack McCall (1852 or 1853 – March 1, 1877) was
also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose
Jack".
Hickok’s star on the Texas Trail of Fame in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas.
