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This is a list of selected August 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Republic Day in North Macedonia refimprove
216 BCSecond Punic War: Outnumbered Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated a Roman army near the town of Cannae in southeastern Italy. Refimprove section
1610 – English sea explorer Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage to reach the Pacific Ocean. refimprove section
1830 – His hand forced by the recent July Revolution, Charles X of France abdicated the throne in favor of his grandson, Henry. unreferenced section
1831 - Dutch troops invaded Belgium in a final attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution refimprove section
1876 – American lawman Wild Bill Hickok was murdered during a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. too many {{cn}} tags (11)
1897 – The Siege of Malakand ended when a relief column was able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial India's North West Frontier Province. primary sources. See FAR
1903 – The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization started the Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia. refimprove sections
1914World War I: Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and prime minister Paul Eyschen surrendered to the invading German army and the nation remained occupied for the rest of the war. Primary sources
1964Gulf of Tonkin incident Moved to August 4
1980 – A terrorist bomb exploded at a railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. refimprove section
1985Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed in Dallas, Texas, due to a microburst, resulting in 137 deaths. refimprove
1989Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began a two-day massacre in Valvettithurai, killing 64 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians. Undue weight, article is mostly on the background and events after.
1990 – Iraq invaded Kuwait, overrunning the Kuwaiti military within two days, and eventually sparking the outbreak of the Gulf War seven months later. refimprove section
Alexander Graham Bell |d|1922| several unsourced paras
Kyawswa of Pagan |b|1260| Citation needed for birth

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August 2: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

Krishna Lal Adhikari
Krishna Lal Adhikari
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