Today is Thursday, August 2, the 215th day of the year.
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Weather
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Thursday: Patchy fog before 7 a.m. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Events & Reminders
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- Books, puzzles, games and coloring activities as well as special drinks for children and adults during Family Fun Night at .
Today in History
- 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
- 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan project to develop a nuclear weapon.
- 1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
- 1923 – As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
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