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On This Day, August 2
- 2014: At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
- 2005: Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
- 1999: The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
- 1991: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
- 1990: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.