August 2nd, 1958

Born on August 2nd, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 990 days, exactly on January 12th, 2027, people who were born on August 2nd, 1958 will be 25,000 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, 1958

65

Rainer Troppa

German association football player and manager (1958-2023)

*August 2nd, 1958, Kolkwitz †September 8th, 2023

65

Heather Kemkaran

Figure skater

*August 2nd, 1958, Winnipeg

65

Brian Agler

American basketball player-coach

*August 2nd, 1958, Ohio

65

Shō Hayami

Japanese voice actor

*August 2nd, 1958, Takasago

65

Robert Idl

Austrian association football player

*August 2nd, 1958, Lienz

65

Damian Harris

British film director and screenwriter

*August 2nd, 1958, London

65

Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi

Iranian Muslim reformer

*August 2nd, 1958, Qom

65

Claudio Ambu

Italian footballer

*August 2nd, 1958, Milan

65

Mark Rasch

Lawyer

*August 2nd, 1958, Rochester

65

Rodell Thomas

American football linebacker

*August 2nd, 1958, Quincy

65

John Ackland

NZ international rugby league player, coach & cricketer

*August 2nd, 1958, Auckland

65

Elaine Constance Smith

Scottish actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1958, Glasgow

65

Joe Rea

Canadian male curler and coach

*August 2nd, 1958, Vancouver

65

Bernie Tiede

American murderer

*August 2nd, 1958, Abilene

65

Arshad Ayub

Indian cricket player.

*August 2nd, 1958, Hyderabad

65

Shoji Kokami

Filmmaker and playwright

*August 2nd, 1958, Niihama

65

Stefan Jambo

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1958, Schifferstadt

65

Esad Samardžić

Bosnian musician

*August 2nd, 1958, Cazin

64

Vic Kohring

American politician

*August 2nd, 1958, Waukegan †September 6th, 2022, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

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

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

63

Linda Fratianne

American figure skater

*August 2nd, 1960, Northridge

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

70

Peter-Michael Kolbe

West German rower

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

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

66

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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

Born on August 2nd, 1958
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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