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August 2nd

August 2nd is the 214th day of the year (215th day in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year.

On this page, we have placed information about August 2nd, including famous people born on, historical events that occurred on, holidays and observances that fall on, and astrological connections of, this day.
Famous People born on August 2nd

1820 John Tyndall (physicist)

1892 Jack Warner (film producer)

1923 Shimon Peres (Israeli Prime Minister)

Shimon Peres


1925 Alan Whicker (broadcaster)

1932 Peter O'Toole (actor)

1939 Wes Craven (film director)

1942 Isabel Allende (author)

1950 Lance Ito (judge)

Judge Lance Ito


1951 Joe Lyn Turner (singer - Rainbow, Deep Purple)

1964 Mary-Louise Parker (actress)

1977 Edward Furlong (actor - Terminator 2)



August 2nd in History

216 BC The Carthaginians led by Hannibal defeat a larger Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.

Hannibal


1610 Henry Hudson spots Hudson Bay.

1790 First US Census conducted.

1798 British navy defeats French in the Battle of the Nile.

1923 Calvin Coolidge becomes the US President after the death of his predecessor, Warren G. Harding.

Calvin Coolidge


1932 Carl D. Anderson discovers the positron.

1934 Adolf Hitler becomes German Führer, combining the roles of Head of State with Chancellor.

Adolf Hitler


1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident: US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy allegedly come under attack from the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin.

1989 Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth after restoring democracy.

1990 Iraq invades Kuwait.

2018 Apple, Inc. is the first company to achieve market capitalization of $1 trillion.


August 2nd is also

Day of Airborne Forces (Russia)


Astrology

People born on August 2nd are Leo

Leo

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