August 2nd, 1959

Born on August 2nd, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 356 days, exactly on April 17th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1959 will be 24,000 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, 1959

64

Marie-Anne Frison-Roche

French economist

*August 2nd, 1959, Bar-le-Duc

64

Apollonia Kotero

American singer and actress

*August 2nd, 1959, Santa Monica

64

Urbain Cancelier

French actor

*August 2nd, 1959, Paris

64

Shula Keshet

Israeli politician, Mizrahi feminist, social activist, and artist

*August 2nd, 1959, Tel Aviv

64

Anne Lauvergeon

French businesswoman

*August 2nd, 1959, Dijon

64

Avinash Dharmadhikari

Indian politician

*August 2nd, 1959, Kolhapur

64

Victoria Jackson

American actress

*August 2nd, 1959, Miami

55

Johnny Kemp

Bahamian-American singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1959, Nassau †April 16th, 2015, Montego Bay

64

Lucie Lachapelle

Canadian singer

*August 2nd, 1959, Quebec City

64

Armin Sowa

German basketball player

*August 2nd, 1959, Waake

64

Mike Turzai

American politician

*August 2nd, 1959, Sewickley

64

Glen Casada

American politician

*August 2nd, 1959, Jeffersonville

64

Doug Fitch

American opera director

*August 2nd, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Perry Tuttle

American football player

*August 2nd, 1959, Lexington

64

Henrik Eyser Overgaard Nielsen

Danish politician

*August 2nd, 1959, Frederiksberg

64

Ernest Kofi Yakah

Ghanaian politician

*August 2nd, 1959, Volta Region

64

Kirti Menon

South African activist, educator and writer

*August 2nd, 1959, Durban

64

Amy McKenzie

American actor and producer

*August 2nd, 1959, Appleton

64

Dimitris Thanopoulos

Olympic wrestler

*August 2nd, 1959, Stemnitsa

64

Naser Pourmehdi

Iranian association football player

*August 2nd, 1959, Isfahan

64

Jim Doughan

American actor

*August 2nd, 1959, Manhattan

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

63

Linda Fratianne

American figure skater

*August 2nd, 1960, Northridge

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

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

65

Rainer Troppa

German association football player and manager (1958-2023)

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

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

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

63

Virginie Ledieu

French actress

*August 2nd, 1960, Casablanca

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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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, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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