August Second...

Well, it's the 214th day of the year. Only 151 more to go! Lot's of cool shit happened on this day in history:

• 1776 - Delegates to the Continental Congress begin signing the United States Declaration of Independence.
• 1790 - The first US Census is conducted.
• 1931 - Einstein urges all scientists to refuse military work.
• 1937 - The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• 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.
• 1964 - Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident - North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fires on U.S. destroyers, USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy.
• 1990 - Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to conflict with coalition forces.

Born this day:

• 1924 - Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker)
• 1932 - Peter O'Toole (Lawrence Of Arabia)
• 1939 - Wes Craven (Filmmaker)
  
• 1953 - Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster)
• 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker (Nancy Botwin of "Weeds")
• 1970 - Kevin Smith (Guy who made "Clerks")
• 1972 - Some Guy

(This post is part of a tag by Teri from a while back that I've been saving until now.)