August 2nd, 1752

Born on August 2nd, 1752

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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 1752

80

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

*January 23rd, 1752, Rome †March 10th, 1832, Evesham

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

83

John Nash

British architect (1752–1835)

*January 18th, 1752, Lambeth †May 13th, 1835, East Cowes Castle

80

Philip Freneau

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

*January 2nd, 1752, New York City †December 18th, 1832, Freehold

47

Jeongjo of Joseon

22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)

*September 22nd, 1752, Changgyeonggung †June 28th, 1800, Changgyeonggung

65

David Humphreys

American Revolutionary War soldier and politician (1752-1818)

*July 10th, 1752, Derby †February 21st, 1818, New Haven

41

Maurice d'Elbée

French military leader

*March 21st, 1752, Dresden †January 6th, 1794, Isle of Noirmoutier

52

Elisabeth Hudtwalcker

German artist (1752-1804)

*July 6th, 1752, Hamburg †November 22nd, 1804, Hamburg

67

Henry Latimer

American politician (1752-1819)

*April 24th, 1752, Newport †December 19th, 1819, Philadelphia

41

Ildephons Schwarz

German librarian and author

*November 4th, 1752, Bamberg †June 19th, 1794, Banz Abbey

74

Anton Walter

Austrian piano maker

*February 5th, 1752, Neuhausen auf den Fildern †April 11th, 1826, Vienna

62

Nicolas-François Guillard

French writer (1752–1814)

*January 16th, 1752, Chartres †December 26th, 1814, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

61

Pascual Ruiz Huidobro

Spanish soldier (1752-1813)

*January 1st, 1752, Ourense †March 1st, 1813, Mendoza

54

Johann Anton Leisewitz

German lawyer, dramatic poet, and central figure of the Sturm und Drang era

*May 9th, 1752, Hanover †September 10th, 1806, Brunswick

65

Humphry Repton

British landscape designer (1752-1818)

*April 21st, 1752, Bury St Edmunds †March 24th, 1818, Springfield

64

Gouverneur Morris

American politician (1752-1816)

*January 31st, 1752, Morrisania †November 6th, 1816, Morrisania

80

Johann Jakob Fäsch

(1752-1832)

*March 26th, 1752, Basel †August 17th, 1832, Basel

75

Theodore Foster

American politician (1752-1828)

*April 29th, 1752, Brookfield †January 13th, 1828, Providence

69

Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan

French lady-in-waiting

*October 6th, 1752, Paris †March 16th, 1822, Mantes-la-Jolie

63

Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden

German engineer (1752-1815)

*March 23rd, 1752, Hamelin †July 3rd, 1815, Miszkowice

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Leap year

Yes: 1752 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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