What happend on 2nd August

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2005

Air France Flight 358 skids off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport outside Toronto, Canada, destroying the plane but resulting in no loss of life.

2004

Majorian resigns as Western Roman Emperor; shortly afterwards Libius Severus is declared western Roman emperor by Ricimer

1997

Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo landslide in New South Wales, Australia.

1994

Popular Japanese television and movie actor Beat Takeshi is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.

1990

Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

1985

A Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, killing 137.

1980

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

1979

New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash. An avid pilot, he was practicing takeoffs and landings in his new Cessna Citation jet. The official cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error.

1976

An intruder breaks into Priscilla Davis's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas and kills Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr.

1975

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