What are the important events that happened on August 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 2 is the 215th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 20, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,709,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecapentagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 180 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,242 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 2 Historical Events
- 1790 –The first US Census is conducted.
- 1830 –Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
- 1870 –Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London.
- 1897 –Anglo-Afghan wars: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial India’s North West Frontier Province.
- 1934 –Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
- 1937 –The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
- 1943 –Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.
- 1945 –World War II: the Potsdam Conference, at which the Allied Powers discuss the future of defeated Germany, is concluded.
- 1973 –A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
- 2005 –Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
Who were born on August 2?
- 1884 –Rómulo Gallegos, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
- 1915 –Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1919 –Nehemiah Persoff, American actor
- 1941 –Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1944 –Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist
- 1955 –Tony Godden, English footballer
- 1957 –Butch Vig, American record producer and drummer (Garbage)
- 1962 –Cynthia Stevenson, Canadian actress
- 1972 –Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
- 1980 –Ugur Rifat Karlova, Turkish TV and stage entertainer
Who died on August 2?
- 1316 –Louis of Burgundy, Prince of Achaea (b. 1297)
- 1445 –Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1376 or 1377)
- 1921 –Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (b. 1873)
- 1923 –Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
- 1972 –Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942)
- 1973 –Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917)
- 1986 –Roy Cohn, American politician (b. 1927)
- 1997 –Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian musician (b. 1938)
- 2003 –Don Estelle, British actor (b. 1933)
- 2011 –DeLois Barrett Campbell, American gospel singer (b. 1926)
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