August 2nd, 1782

Born on August 2nd, 1782

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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 1782

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook

52

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

Prussian lieutenant-general

*May 18th, 1782, Berlin †December 6th, 1834, Berlin

57

Niccolò Paganini

Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)

*October 27th, 1782, Genoa †May 27th, 1840, Nice

68

John C. Calhoun

Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832

*March 18th, 1782, Abbeville †March 31st, 1850, Old Brick Capitol

48

Vicente Guerrero

Leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)

*August 10th, 1782, Tixtla de Guerrero †February 14th, 1831, Cuilapan de Guerrero

67

Daoguang Emperor

Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor (1782–1850)

*September 16th, 1782, Forbidden City †February 25th, 1850, Old Summer Palace

72

Marcellin Marbot

French general

*August 18th, 1782, Altillac †November 16th, 1854, Paris

54

John Field

Irish pianist, composer, and teacher

*July 26th, 1782, Dublin †January 23rd, 1837, Moscow

70

Friedrich Fröbel

German educator

*April 21st, 1782, Oberweißbach †June 21st, 1852, Marienthal

76

F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

British Prime Minister, politician (1782-1859)

*November 1st, 1782, London †January 28th, 1859, London

57

Caroline Bonaparte

Queen of Naples and Sicily (1782-1839)

*March 25th, 1782, Ajaccio †May 18th, 1839, Florence

83

Lewis Cass

American politician (1782-1866)

*October 9th, 1782, Exeter †June 17th, 1866, Detroit

71

Félicité de La Mennais

French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854)

*June 19th, 1782, Saint-Malo †February 27th, 1854, Paris

76

Thomas Hart Benton

State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri (1782-1858)

*March 14th, 1782, Hillsborough †April 10th, 1858, Washington, D.C.

74

Samuel Prentiss

United States federal judge (1782-1857)

*March 31st, 1782, Stonington †January 15th, 1857, Montpelier

72

Jan George Bertelman

Dutch composer (1782-1854)

*January 21st, 1782, Amsterdam †January 25th, 1854, Amsterdam

79

Thomas Wildey

English philanthropist

*January 1st, 1782, London †January 1st, 1861, United States

78

Christian Blom

Norwegian composer

*October 20th, 1782, Drammen Municipality †April 22nd, 1861, Drammen Municipality

73

Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel

German painter (1782-1855)

*January 1st, 1782, Dresden †November 6th, 1855, Dresden

80

William Owsley

Associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky (1782-1862)

*March 24th, 1782, Virginia †December 9th, 1862, Danville

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1782 is a normal year and no leap year.

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