This Day In History: August 2

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This Day in History Video: What Happened on August 2

The Persian Gulf War begins after the Iran-Iraq War, Wild Bill Hickock is shot, Einstein urges FDR to build an atomic bomb, and George W. Bush and Dick Cheney begin their campaign in This Day in History video. The date is August 2nd. Saddam Hussein was the aggressor that the coalition force needed to contain in oil country.

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