What happened this day in history August 2

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 214th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 20, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,234,880 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 ‘dihectadecatetragon’ 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 199 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 4,607 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.
  • 1873
    The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system.
  • 1916
    World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • 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.
  • 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
    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.
  • 1985
    Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
  • 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?

  • 1891
    Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of the Queen’s Music (d. 1975)
  • 1902
    Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941)
  • 1932
    Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006)
  • 1935
    Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1951
    Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1955
    Tony Godden, English footballer
  • 1964
    Frank Biela, German racing driver
  • 1973
    Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
  • 1978
    Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
  • 1980
    Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer

Who died on August 2?

  • 1589
    King Henry III of France (b. 1551)
  • 1788
    Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
  • 1823
    Lazare Carnot, French general, politician and mathematician (b. 1753)
  • 1913
    Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect (b. 1851)
  • 1920
    Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)
  • 1973
    Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917)
  • 1978
    Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
  • 1988
    Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (b. 1914)
  • 2005
    Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955)
  • 2007
    Holden Roberto, Angolan politician (b. 1923)

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