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.
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
1377 –
Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness.
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.
1922 –
A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.
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.
1964 –
Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy.
1968 –
An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 –
A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
1985 –
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 –
Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.
Who were born on August 2?
1696 –
Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754)
1890 –
Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
1914 –
Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)
1922 –
Gábor Agárdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2006)
1943 –
Kathy Lennon, one of the original Lennon Sisters
1961 –
Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
1964 –
Frank Biela, German racing driver
1967 –
Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter
1991 –
Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 –
Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress
Who died on August 2?
924 –
King Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1769 –
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)
1890 –
Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
1934 –
Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
1939 –
Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)
1955 –
Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1979 –
Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
1996 –
Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian warlord (b. 1934)
2001 –
Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (b. 1933)
2007 –
Holden Roberto, Angolan politician (b. 1923)
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