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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2" title="August 2">August 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Holocaust_Memorial_Day" title="Roma Holocaust Memorial Day">Roma Holocaust Memorial Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/461" title="461">461</a> – Unpopular among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" title="Roman Senate">Senate</a> aristocracy for his reforming efforts, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorian" title="Majorian">Majorian</a></b> was deposed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricimer" title="Ricimer">Ricimer</a> and executed five days later.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100" title="1100">1100</a> – While on a hunting trip in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest" title="New Forest">New Forest</a>, King <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England" title="William II of England">William II of England</a></b> was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">first United States census</a></b> was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – Nepalese author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Lal_Adhikari" title="Krishna Lal Adhikari">Krishna Lal Adhikari</a> was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaiko_Kheti" title="Makaiko Kheti">a book about the cultivation of corn</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – A flash fire <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster" title="Summerland disaster">killed 50 people at a leisure centre</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas, Isle of Man</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Severinus" title="Pope Severinus">Pope Severinus</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 640); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Arbuthnot" title="Harriet Arbuthnot">Harriet Arbuthnot</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1834); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Lutz" title="Bertha Lutz">Bertha Lutz</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1894); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Manuel" title="Simone Manuel">Simone Manuel</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1996)</p>