August 2nd, 1964

Born on August 2nd, 1964

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 21,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 168 days, exactly on October 26th, 2024, people who were born on August 2nd, 1964 will be 22,000 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, 1964

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

59

Frank Biela

German racecar driver

*August 2nd, 1964, Neuss

59

Michael McCormack

Australian politician, 18th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

*August 2nd, 1964, Wagga Wagga

59

Precious Moloi-Motsepe

South African fashionista

*August 2nd, 1964, Soweto

59

Michael Anti

American sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1964, Orange

59

Laurent Pic

French diplomat

*August 2nd, 1964, 14th arrondissement of Paris

59

Smita Bharti

Indian actress

*August 2nd, 1964, Bhilai

59

John Cullen

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 2nd, 1964, Puslinch

59

Mike Edison

American journalist

*August 2nd, 1964, New Brunswick

59

Danny Hellman

American cartoonist

*August 2nd, 1964, Wiesbaden

59

Achim Kessler

Literary scientist of Germany

*August 2nd, 1964, St. Georgen im Schwarzwald

59

Paul Sterling

English rugby league footballer

*August 2nd, 1964, Wolverhampton

59

Sebron Spivey

American football player, wide receiver

*August 2nd, 1964, Youngstown

59

Matt Dunkley

British orchestrator, arranger and conductor

*August 2nd, 1964, Croydon

59

Einar Thor

Icelandic film director and screenwriter

*August 2nd, 1964, Iceland

59

A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.

United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit

*August 2nd, 1964, Durham

59

Didier Willefert

French equestrian

*August 2nd, 1964, Marseille

59

María Jiménez del Castillo

Mexican politician

*August 2nd, 1964, Rioverde, San Luis Potosí

59

John Mizuno

American politician

*August 2nd, 1964, Honolulu

59

Ołeksandr Uszkałenko

Ukrainian cross-country skier

*August 2nd, 1964, Uhrojidy

59

Paul Garlick

English cricketer (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Chiswick

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

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

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

55

Chrystia Freeland

Canadian politician and writer

*August 2nd, 1968, Peace River

63

Linda Fratianne

American figure skater

*August 2nd, 1960, Northridge

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

55

Glenn Slater

American lyricist

*August 2nd, 1968, Brooklyn

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

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

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

27

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

Same year
Born in 1964

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

60

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

60

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

59

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

59

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

59

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

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, 1964
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1964 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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