A bit of August 2nd history…
338 BC - Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats combined forces of Athens and Thebes in Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean
216 BC - 2nd Punic War: Battle of Cannae - Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats the numerically superior Roman army (pictured)
1870 - Tower subway, world’s 1st underground tube railway, opens in London
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait
2018 - Apple becomes 1st American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value
2019 - Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becomes the most attended and highest grossing tour of all time, overtaking U2, after 893 days on the road
Today In History: August 02