Video: 'Delta Air Lines Flight 191 News Reports'
(Friday, August 2, 1985, 6:05 p.m. CDT) — 137 people were killed today when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed and exploded in a fireball while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in a violent thunderstorm. Continue reading 137 killed as Delta jet crashes landing at DFW 40 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1985)
(Saturday, August 2, 1975) — “One of These Nights” by the Eagles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘One of These Nights’ by Eagles peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 2 1975)
Video: 'The World At War Episode 24 HD - The Bomb (February – September 1945)' (August 2, 1945, at 34:10)
(Thursday, August 2, 1945, 3:49 p.m. British Double Summer Time; during World War II) — President Harry S. Truman set sail from Plymouth, England, for the U.S. this afternoon aboard the USS Augusta following the 17-day Potsdam Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in Potsdam, occupied Germany. Continue reading President Harry S. Truman sets sail for U.S. following Potsdam Conference 80 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1945)
