August 2nd, 1937

Born on August 2nd, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd, 1937?

August 2nd, 1937

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937

What else 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.

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

Born on August 2nd, 1937

86

Ron Brierley

New Zealand businessman

*August 2nd, 1937, Wellington

86

Margaretha Byström

Swedish actress

*August 2nd, 1937, Stockholm

86

Jaap Oudkerk

Dutch cyclist

*August 2nd, 1937, Landsmeer †February 17th, 2024, Almere

86

Walter Schmidt

German footballer born 1937

*August 2nd, 1937, Bremerhaven

86

María Duval

Mexican actress and singer

*August 2nd, 1937, Querétaro

86

Gundula Janowitz

(1937 - ) Austrian opera soprano

*August 2nd, 1937, Berlin

86

Garth Hudson

Canadian multi-instrumentalist

*August 2nd, 1937, Windsor

82

Fernando Torres Durán

Colombian catholic priest

*August 2nd, 1937, Cartago Municipality †November 13th, 2019, Panama City

80

Billy Cannon

American football player (1937-2018)

*August 2nd, 1937, Philadelphia †May 20th, 2018, St. Francisville

84

Reg Gorman

Australian actor (1937-2021)

*August 2nd, 1937, Sydney †August 5th, 2021, Melbourne central business district

86

Bobby Thompson

American football coach

*August 2nd, 1937, Guthrie

86

Valeri F. Venda

Russian psychologist

*August 2nd, 1937, Simferopol

86

Rolf Bergmann

German philologist

*August 2nd, 1937, Wuppertal

84

Adrian Thorne

Footballer (born 1937)

*August 2nd, 1937, Brighton †July 31st, 2022

84

John Salt

British artist

*August 2nd, 1937, Birmingham †December 13th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

76

Wes Craven

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2015)

*August 2nd, 1939, Cleveland †August 30th, 2015, Los Angeles

81

Isabel Allende

Chilean writer

*August 2nd, 1942, Lima

82

Jules Hoffmann

French biologist

*August 2nd, 1941, Echternach

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

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

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

77

Benjamin Barber

Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University

*August 2nd, 1939, New York City †April 24th, 2017, Manhattan

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Born on August 2nd, 1937
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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