August 02

Saturday 02, 1980:

A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.

Saturday 02, 1975:

In New Orleans, Louisiana, the Superdome officially opens with an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Oilers.

Sunday 02, 1964:

North Vietnam allegedly fires on a US destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.

Monday 02, 1610:

Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.

Saturday 02, -216:

Punic Wars: In the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro in what is considered one of the great masterpieces of the tactical art.