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- 1862
- Victoria is incorporated as a city in the Colony of Vancouver Island, now British Columbia.
- 1870
- The Tower Subway formally opens in London.
- 1924
- Yanderra Station opens along the Main South Line in New South Wales.
- 1928
- A rail line from Lima to Särna opens in Sweden.
- 1935
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 3480 is established in Alabama.
- 1940
- Nazi Germany annexes the Civil Administration Areas of Luxembourg (Luxemburg), Alsace, and Lorraine (Lothringen).
- 2021
- Time Sculpture by Jefre Manuel Figueras is unveiled at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 2, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 2 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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