Historical Events for 2nd August 2025

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1858 - Government of India transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
1880 - British Parliament officially adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
1914 - Belgian government receives German ultimatum
1928 - Benito Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1991 - Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched
2018 - Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri Shimbun" reveals Tokyo Medical University has been tampering with female entrance exams to ensure under 30% accepted
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
2022 - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the first speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party

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