August 2nd, 1946

Born on August 2nd, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 610 days, exactly on December 25th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1946 will be 29,000 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, 1946

77

Robert J. Wicks

American writer (born 1946)

*August 2nd, 1946, Queens

77

Liana Isakadze

Georgian violinist

*August 2nd, 1946, Tbilisi

77

Volodymyr Butkevych

Human rights lawyer

*August 2nd, 1946, Kantelyna

77

Nigel Hitchin

English mathematician (1946–)

*August 2nd, 1946, Holbrook

77

Inga Rumpf

German singer and composer

*August 2nd, 1946, Hamburg

55

Michel Corringe

French singer

*August 2nd, 1946, Tunis †October 2nd, 2001, Lorette

77

Charles Salzberg

American journalist

*August 2nd, 1946, New York City

77

Daniel DeShaime

Canadian singer

*August 2nd, 1946, Saint-Octave-de-l'Avenir

77

Neva Krasteva

Bulgarian composer and organist

*August 2nd, 1946, Sofia

77

Peter Birtwisle

English cricketer (born 1946)

*August 2nd, 1946, Sunderland

77

Al Cueto

Cuban basketball player

*August 2nd, 1946, Havana

77

Ivar Frønes

Norwegian researcher and sociologist

*August 2nd, 1946, Porsgrunn

77

Carlos Casal

Uruguayan boxer

*August 2nd, 1946, Montevideo

77

Bob Tombari

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 2nd, 1946, Sault Ste. Marie

77

Tessa Rajak

British historian and academic

*August 2nd, 1946, London

77

Dirk Fudickar

German sports shooter

*August 2nd, 1946, Wuppertal

77

Jaroslava Pokorná

Czech actress

*August 2nd, 1946, Prague

77

Kim Strauss

American voice actor

*August 2nd, 1946, Chicago

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Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

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

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

81

Isabel Allende

Chilean writer

*August 2nd, 1942, Lima

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

82

Jules Hoffmann

French biologist

*August 2nd, 1941, Echternach

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

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

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

78

Morten Arnfred

Danish film director

*August 2nd, 1945, Copenhagen

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

70

Peter-Michael Kolbe

West German rower

*August 2nd, 1953, Hamburg †December 8th, 2023, Lübeck

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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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, 1946
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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