August 2nd, 1732

Born on August 2nd, 1732

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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

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 alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

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 (interior depicted), 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, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

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

Same year
Born in 1732

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

77

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer (1732–1809)

*March 31st, 1732, Rohrau †May 31st, 1809, Vienna

74

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

French painter (1732–1806)

*April 5th, 1732, Grasse †August 22nd, 1806, Paris

67

Pierre Beaumarchais

French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)

*January 24th, 1732, Paris †May 18th, 1799, Paris

74

Johann Christoph Adelung

German philologist, linguist (1732-1806)

*August 8th, 1732, Spantekow †September 10th, 1806, Dresden

62

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

German musician and composer

*June 21st, 1732, Leipzig †January 26th, 1795, Bückeburg

74

Jérôme Lalande

French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)

*July 11th, 1732, Bourg-en-Bresse †April 4th, 1807, Paris

85

Warren Hastings

First Governor-General of Bengal (1732–1818)

*December 6th, 1732, Churchill †August 22nd, 1818, Daylesford

293

François Germain Le Rouvillois

French politician

*August 17th, 1732, Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard

65

Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Wurttemburg (1732-1797)

*January 21st, 1732, Stuttgart †December 23rd, 1797, Hohenheim

75

John Dickinson

American politician (1732-1808)

*November 8th, 1732, Talbot County †February 14th, 1808, Wilmington

63

Carl Friedrich Gerstlacher

German jurist, publicist and university professor

*May 12th, 1732, Böblingen †August 15th, 1795, Karlsruhe

38

Gian Francesco de Majo

Italian composer

*March 24th, 1732, Naples †November 17th, 1770, Naples

77

Johann Christian Kittel

German organist and composer

*February 18th, 1732, Erfurt †April 17th, 1809, Erfurt

73

Johann Friedrich Burscher

German theologian

*February 16th, 1732, Kamenz †September 10th, 1805, Leipzig

79

John Broadwood

Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons; (1732-1812)

*October 6th, 1732, Berwickshire †July 17th, 1812, London

78

Joseph Leutgeb

Austrian musician

*October 8th, 1732, Neulerchenfeld †February 27th, 1811, Vienna

26

Esther Edwards Burr

American writer (1732-1758)

*February 13th, 1732, Northampton †April 7th, 1758, Princeton

42

Georg Ludwig Alefeld

German physicist (1732-1774)

*November 1st, 1732, Giessen †November 21st, 1774, Giessen

80

Giuseppe Aprile

Italian castrato singer and music teacher

*October 28th, 1732, Martina Franca †January 11th, 1813, Martina Franca

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Leap year

Yes: 1732 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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