August 2nd, 1962

Born on August 2nd, 1962

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 680 days, exactly on April 17th, 2028, people who were born on August 2nd, 1962 will be 24,000 days old!

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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

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 alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

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 (interior depicted), 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, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

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

Born on August 2nd, 1962

63

Rick Kriseman

American politician

*August 2nd, 1962, Detroit

63

Brian France

American auto racing executive

*August 2nd, 1962, Daytona Beach

63

Robert Wilkie

10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

*August 2nd, 1962, Frankfurt

63

Satu Silvo

Finnish actress and entrepreneur

*August 2nd, 1962, Sippola

63

Kerry Davis

Footballer (born 1962)

*August 2nd, 1962, Stoke-on-Trent

Same year
Born in 1962

64

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

64

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

64

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

64

Nik P.

Austrian singer

*April 6th, 1962, Friesach

63

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

63

Keir Starmer

British lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

63

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

64

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

64

Thomas Rachel

German politician (CDU)

*May 17th, 1962, Birkesdorf

63

Damian Halata

German association football player and manager

*August 8th, 1962, Świętochłowice

63

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

64

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

63

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

63

Steve Moneghetti

Australian long distance runner

*September 26th, 1962, Ballarat

64

Rosie O'Donnell

American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality

*March 21st, 1962, Commack

63

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

61

Steve Albini

American record engineer, rock musician and poker player

*July 22nd, 1962, Pasadena †May 7th, 2024, Chicago

63

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

63

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

64

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

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, 1962
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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