August 2nd, 1742

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Born on August 2nd, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1742)

Born on August 2nd, 1742

Weekday

Thursday

August 2nd, 1742 was a Thursday.

Age

281

People born on August 2nd, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 98 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1742 - August 23rd, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 99 days, exactly on August 3rd, 2024, people who were born on August 2nd, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,901 Days

14,700 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

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?

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

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

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

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

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

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.

Portiuncola Indulgence ("Pardon of Assisi"), the plenary indulgence related to St. Francis of Assisi (Catholic Church).

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portiuncula

Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_David_Ferguson

August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Azerbaijan

Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgen_de_los_Ángeles

Paratroopers Day (Russia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day

Republic Day (North Macedonia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(North_Macedonia)

Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament)

Romani genocide-related observances, includingen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Holocaust_Memorial_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.VIII.MDCCXLII

2.8.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1742

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August 2nd, 1742

Born on August 2nd, 1742

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,901 Days

14,700 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 2nd?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

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.

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?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 2nd

Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church)

Justin Russolillo

Peter Faber

Peter Julian Eymard

Plegmund

Pope Stephen I

Portiuncola Indulgence ("Pardon of Assisi"), the plenary indulgence related to St. Francis of Assisi (Catholic Church).

Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church)

August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)

Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)

Paratroopers Day (Russia)

Republic Day (North Macedonia)

Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

2.8.1742

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
August 1742

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31			1	2	3	4	5
32	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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35	27	28	29	30	31