CNN Interactive - Almanac - August 2, 1999

The Natural Resources Defense Council plans to announce a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency.
It is a civic holiday in seven of Canada's 10 provinces.

On Tuesday, August 3, Americans observe National Night Out.
On Wednesday August 4, it's Coast Guard Day in the United States.
On Thursday, August 5, the Wisconsin State Fair begins.
On Friday, August 6, it is Hiroshima Day.
On Saturday, August 7, at 11:40 a.m. EDT, it will be the halfway point of summer.

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In 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.
In 1876, frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.
In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler's complete takeover.
In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.
In 1945, President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concluded the Potsdam conference.
In 1964, the Pentagon reported the first of two attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin.
In 1980, 85 people were killed when a bomb exploded at the train station in Bologna, Italy.
In 1985, 137 people were killed when a Delta Air Lines jumbo jet crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate. (The Iraqis were driven out in Operation Desert Storm.)
In 1989, abortion rights advocates gained a surprising victory in the U.S. House of Representatives, which voted against including abortion curbs in a spending bill for the District of Columbia.
In 1994, Serbia threatened to cut all aid to the Bosnian Serbs if they didn't approve an international peace plan.