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21 June – As the heatwave continues, the UK experiences its hottest June day since 1976, with a temperature of 34.4C (94F) recorded at Heathrow Airport. [ 75 ] 24 June – Police investigate a cyberattack on the Houses of Parliament after an attempt was made to gain unauthorised access to politicians' email accounts.
Business and economy Affirmative action in the United States The U.S. Justice Department announces internally that it is to start investigating colleges which have admissions policies that are seen as unfair to Asian Americans. (Newsweek) (The New York Times) Disasters and accidents Floods in the United States Several streets in Miami and Miami Beach are underwater after Tropical Depression ...
2 January The government announces proposals to build seventeen new towns and villages across the English countryside. [2] Yassar Yaqub is killed in a police shooting during an operation on the M62 near Huddersfield. [3] 9 January – Seven year old Katie Rough is fatally asphyxiated and stabbed in the neck near her home in Woodthorpe, York.
August 2 in recent years ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year ... American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017) 1939 – Wes Craven, American director, ...
1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 2018 – In the " Minneapolis Miracle ", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings ...
Independence Day: 3 August: 1960 France: Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July. [15] Nigeria: Independence Day: 1 October: 1960 United Kingdom North Macedonia: Republic Day: 2 August: 1903 Ottoman Empire: Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived Kruševo Republic during the Ilinden Uprising.
Twenty-six-year-old Clooney played older sister Betty and 33-year-old Vera-Ellen played the younger sister Judy. Even more striking is the age difference between Rosemary and her male counterpart.
2 February – Finsbury Park Mosque attacker Darren Osborne, who drove a van into a group of Muslims, is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 43 years. [22] 3 February – British YouTuber KSI defeats fellow British YouTuber Joe Weller in 3 rounds in a YouTube boxing match at the Copper Box Arena. The event was viewed by up to 1.6 million ...