August 2nd, 1930

Born on August 2nd, 1930

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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

Born on August 2nd, 1930

91

Ursula Kraus

German politician (1930-2021)

*August 2nd, 1930, Neunkirchen †August 2nd, 2021, Wuppertal

72

Vali Myers

Australian artist (1930-2003)

*August 2nd, 1930, Sydney †February 12th, 2003, Melbourne

89

Ron de Lugo

American politician (1930-2020)

*August 2nd, 1930, Englewood †July 14th, 2020, Miami

92

Earl T. O'Loughlin

United States Air Force general

*August 2nd, 1930, Bay City †November 30th, 2022

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88

Jean Guillou

French composer, organist, pianist (1930–2019)

*April 18th, 1930, Angers †January 26th, 2019, Paris

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

86

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930–2017)

*June 20th, 1930, Falenty †April 20th, 2017, Warsaw

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

86

Mildred Dresselhaus

American physicist (1930-2017)

*November 11th, 1930, The Bronx †February 20th, 2017, Mount Auburn Hospital

87

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

*April 3rd, 1930, Friesenheim †June 16th, 2017, Oggersheim

95

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

92

Rolf Eden

German businessman and nightclub owner (1930-2022)

*February 6th, 1930, Berlin †August 11th, 2022, Berlin

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

91

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

*December 3rd, 1930, 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 13th, 2022, Rolle

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

96

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

96

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

91

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)

*March 22nd, 1930, Manhattan †November 26th, 2021, Roxbury

85

Günter Oldenburg

German bicycle racer (1930-2016)

*July 1st, 1930, Dobra †April 8th, 2016, Berlin

85

Josef Wierer

German actor

*October 31st, 1930, Wörth an der Donau †April 22nd, 2016, Nittenau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1930 is a normal year and no leap year.

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