August 2nd, 1940

Born on August 2nd, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 424 days, exactly on June 17th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1940 will be 31,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

August 2nd, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

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

Born on August 2nd, 1940

81

Angel Lagdameo

Catholic archbishop

*August 2nd, 1940, Lucban †July 8th, 2022

83

Steven Rosenberg

American cancer researcher

*August 2nd, 1940, New York City

83

Will Tura

Musician

*August 2nd, 1940, Veurne

65

Beko Ransome-Kuti

Nigerian doctor and human rights campaigner (1940-2006)

*August 2nd, 1940, Abeokuta †February 10th, 2006

83

Prince Julius Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi

Nigerian politician

*August 2nd, 1940, Ado Ekiti

83

Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta

Indian politician

*August 2nd, 1940, Hazaribagh

83

Barrie Kelly

British sprinter

*August 2nd, 1940, Bury

83

Alfred Stong

Canadian politician

*August 2nd, 1940, Richmond Hill

83

Ángel Cancel

Olympic basketball player

*August 2nd, 1940, Río Piedras

83

Norio Kudo

Japanese Go player

*August 2nd, 1940, Hirosaki

83

Jesús Tartilán

Spanish football player/manager

*August 2nd, 1940, Lugo

83

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

American actress

*August 2nd, 1940, Colorado

81

Kjellaug Nakkim

Norwegian politician

*August 2nd, 1940, Skiptvet †May 16th, 2022, Moss Municipality

83

Ehrhart Neubert

German politician and theologian

*August 2nd, 1940

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31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

82

Jules Hoffmann

French biologist

*August 2nd, 1941, Echternach

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

81

Isabel Allende

Chilean writer

*August 2nd, 1942, Lima

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

76

Wes Craven

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

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

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

86

Ron Brierley

New Zealand businessman

*August 2nd, 1937, Wellington

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

77

Benjamin Barber

Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University

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

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

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

81

Leo Beenhakker

Dutch footballer

*August 2nd, 1942, Rotterdam

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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.

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Born on August 2nd, 1940
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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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