How Many Days Until August 2?

This day in history: August 2

1. 1939

   Leo Szilard penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

2. 1947

   Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

3. 1971

   The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

4. 1973

   A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

5. 1986

   The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, was released.

6. 2007

   Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been on the run following a kidnapping conviction.

7. 2008

   A taxi driver is murdered in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games leading to the Thai government banning the sale of Grand Theft Auto.

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