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2 days ago · Events. Pre-1600. 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. [1] 216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
Jul 19, 2024 · Today in History for Aug. 2: On this date: In 1100, King William II of England was killed in a hunting accident. In 1610, English explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay.
5 days ago · Today is Friday, Aug. 2, the 215th day of 2024. There are 151 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White ...
5 days ago · Today in history: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious “Black Sox” scandal (though they would be banned from Major League Baseball for life by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis). Advertisement.
5 days ago · Today in history: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious ...
3 days ago · Today is Friday, Aug. 2, the 215th day of 2024. There are 151 days left in the year. Today’s highlight: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White ...
3 days ago · August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: [1] Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
