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• Today is Friday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2013. There are 151 days left in the year.
• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Aug. 2, 1943, during World War II, U.S. Navy boat PT-109, commanded by Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, sank after being rammed in the middle of the night by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri off the Solomon Islands. Two crew members were killed; Kennedy led the survivors to nearby islands until they could be rescued.
• On this date:
• In 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.
• In 1862, the Ambulance Corps for the Army of the Potomac was created at the order of Maj. Gen. George McClellan during the Civil War.
• In 1876, frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged.
• In 1909, the original Lincoln "wheat" penny first went into circulation, replacing the "Indian Head" cent.
• In 1922, Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died in Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75.
• In 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president.
• In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler's complete takeover.
• In 1945, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concluded the Potsdam conference.
• In 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox suffered light damage from North Vietnam

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