August 2nd, 1031

Born on August 2nd, 1031

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 362,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 350 days, exactly on June 11th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1031 will be 363,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway, a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

August 2nd, 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.

August 2nd, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

27

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

24

Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

81

Isabel Allende

Chilean writer

*August 2nd, 1942, Lima

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

47

Sam Worthington

Australian actor born 1976

*August 2nd, 1976, Godalming

88

Myrna Loy

American actress (1905–1993)

*August 2nd, 1905, Helena †December 14th, 1993, New York City

34

Matteo Trentin

Italian road cyclist

*August 2nd, 1989, Borgo Valsugana

55

Chrystia Freeland

Canadian politician and writer

*August 2nd, 1968, Peace River

47

Kati Wilhelm

German cross-country skier and biathlete

*August 2nd, 1976, Schmalkalden

64

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

*August 2nd, 1815, Cismar †October 20th, 1879, Frankfurt

42

Tim Murtagh

Irish cricketer

*August 2nd, 1981, Lambeth

63

Linda Fratianne

American figure skater

*August 2nd, 1960, Northridge

51

Daniele Nardello

Italian cyclist

*August 2nd, 1972, Varese

38

Simon Niepmann

Swiss rower

*August 2nd, 1985, Lörrach

82

Jules Hoffmann

French biologist

*August 2nd, 1941, Echternach

86

Ron Brierley

New Zealand businessman

*August 2nd, 1937, Wellington

77

Heinrich Reineke

German politician (1868–1945)

*August 2nd, 1868, Pivitsheide V. L. †October 1st, 1945, Groß Nemerow

70

Peter-Michael Kolbe

West German rower

*August 2nd, 1953, Hamburg †December 8th, 2023, Lübeck

40

Huston Street

American baseball player

*August 2nd, 1983, Austin

55

Glenn Slater

American lyricist

*August 2nd, 1968, Brooklyn

39

Brandon Browner

American and Canadian football player, defensive back, cornerback

*August 2nd, 1984, Los Angeles

43

Guillaume Lacour

French footballer

*August 2nd, 1980, Courbevoie

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1031 is a normal year and no leap year.

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