Historical Events for 2nd August 2023

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1782 - George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction
1798 - Battle of the Nile: British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson further decimates the French fleet
1858 - 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and NYC streets
1892 - George A. Wheeler is granted a US patent for a prototype of the escalator
1942 - 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
1979 - MLB New York Mets purchase contract of outfielder José Cardenal from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams
1980 - Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed
2008 - "Breaking Dawn", 4th book in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga" is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies
2013 - Carl Icahn sues computer giant Dell in an attempt to derail a buyout bid by the CEO, Michael Dell
2020 - Islamic State stages a jail break at a prison in Afghan city of Jalalabad, placing bombs at its entrance, results in 20 hr gunfight, 29 deaths and over 300 prisoners at large

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