Today is Friday, Aug. 2, the 215th day of 2024. There are 151 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious “Black Sox” scandal (though they would be banned from Major League Baseball for life by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis). Also on this date: In 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. In 1790, the first United States Census was conducted under the supervision of Thomas Jefferson; a total of 3,929,214 U.S.
Today In History: August 2, Verdict In “black Sox” Trial
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Fri, 08/02/2024 - 1:00am
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