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, 478,488 hours 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
216 BC –
Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
1830 –
Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
1918 –
Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1923 –
As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
1932 –
The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
1934 –
Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1939 –
Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1943 –
World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
1973 –
A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
2011 –
Three Rapid City, South Dakota officers stop a group of suspicious people on Anamosa Street. One man pulls out a revolver and fires six shots, killing one officer, mortally wounding another, and injuring the third.
Who were born on August 2?
1924 –
James Baldwin, American writer (d. 1987)
1925 –
Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator, 43rd President of Argentina
1943 –
Max Wright, American actor
1948 –
Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author
1955 –
Tony Godden, English footballer
1958 –
Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer
1961 –
Pete de Freitas, born in Trinidad, drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen (d. 1989)
1964 –
Frank Biela, German racing driver
1969 –
Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian drummer (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem)
1973 –
Reyn Ouwehand, Dutch C=64 Composer
Who died on August 2?
686 –
Pope John V (birth year unknown)
1100 –
King William II of England (b. c. 1056)
1511 –
Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader (b. c. 1466)
1696 –
Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
1913 –
Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect (b. 1851)
1923 –
Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
1936 –
Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (b. 1872)
1976 –
László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
1997 –
William S. Burroughs, American writer (b. 1914)
1998 –
Shari Lewis, American puppeteer (b. 1933)
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