August 2nd, 1895

Born on August 2nd, 1895

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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 1895

56

George VI

King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952, Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948 (1895–1952)

*December 14th, 1895, York Cottage †February 6th, 1952, Sandringham House

90

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

70

Buster Keaton

American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1895–1966)

*October 4th, 1895, Piqua †February 1st, 1966, Woodland Hills

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist (1895–1996)

*July 4th, 1895, New York City †December 18th, 1996, New York City

30

Sergei Yesenin

Russian poet

*September 21st, 1895, Konstantinovo †December 28th, 1925, Saint Petersburg

86

Ngaio Marsh

New Zealand writer (1895-1982)

*April 23rd, 1895, Christchurch †February 18th, 1982, Christchurch

70

Dorothea Lange

American photojournalist (1895-1965)

*May 25th, 1895, Hoboken †October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

66

Anita Stewart

American actress, film producer (1895-1961)

*February 7th, 1895, Brooklyn †May 4th, 1961, Los Angeles

92

Dino Grandi

Italian politician (1895–1988)

*June 4th, 1895, Mordano †May 21st, 1988, Bologna

78

Juan Perón

President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)

*October 8th, 1895, Lobos †July 1st, 1974, Quinta presidencial de Olivos

80

Ruth McDevitt

Actress (1895-1976)

*September 13th, 1895, Coldwater †May 27th, 1976, Hollywood

75

Igor Tamm

Russian physicist (1895–1971)

*July 8th, 1895, Vladivostok †April 12th, 1971, Moscow

53

Babe Ruth

American baseball player (1895–1948)

*February 6th, 1895, Baltimore †August 16th, 1948, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

*May 11th, 1895, Paris †March 20th, 1978, Paris

102

Ernst Jünger

German writer

*March 29th, 1895, Heidelberg †February 17th, 1998, Riedlingen

85

Clara Porset

Cuban designer (1895-1981)

*May 25th, 1895, Matanzas †May 17th, 1981, Mexico City

79

Mikhail Bakhtin

Russian intellectual and philosopher

*November 5th, 1895, Oryol †March 7th, 1975, Moscow

79

Ruth Lee

American actress (1895-1975)

*September 14th, 1895, Minneapolis †August 3rd, 1975, Woodland Hills

68

Gerhard Domagk

German bacteriologist (1895-1964)

*October 30th, 1895, Łagów †April 24th, 1964, Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

81

Henrik Dam

Danish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976)

*February 21st, 1895, Copenhagen †April 17th, 1976, Copenhagen

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 1895 is a normal year and no leap year.

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