The Weekly Almanac with Tiki Jane August 2, 2026

1) Irish actor Peter O’Toole, born this day in 1932, began his career on the stage but rose to fame with his successful motion-picture portrayal of T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962). 2)PT-109, a U.S. Navy torpedo boat under John F Kennedy’s command, was sunk by a Japanese destroyer during World War II on this day in 1943. Kennedy carved a rescue message onto a fresh coconut husk, which local island scouts delivered to an Allied base, leading to the crew's rescue 3)On this day in 1876, Wild Bill Hickok—a frontiersman, marksman, gambler, and legend of the American West—was murdered in the city of Deadwood, in what is now South Dakota. 4)The Declaration of Independence was officially signed on August 2, 1776, nearly a month after the Continental Congress approved its final text on July 4, 1776.