August 2nd, 1971

Born on August 2nd, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 741 days, exactly on May 5th, 2026, people who were born on August 2nd, 1971 will be 20,000 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, 1971

52

Antonio Jose Guzman

Video artist

*August 2nd, 1971, Panama City

52

Conny Kreitmeier

German singer

*August 2nd, 1971, Munich

52

Timothy DiDuro

US hard rock drummer

*August 2nd, 1971, Geneva

52

Jorge Alor

Mexican publisher

*August 2nd, 1971, Mexico City

52

Ruth Lawrence

British–Israeli knot theorist and topologist

*August 2nd, 1971, Brighton

52

Serg Bell

Singaporean businessman entrepreneur and investor

*August 2nd, 1971, Saint Petersburg

52

Jason Bell

Australian rugby league footballer

*August 2nd, 1971, Fairfield

52

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland footballer

*August 2nd, 1971, Larne

52

Julie M. J. Parisien

American alpine skier

*August 2nd, 1971, Montreal

52

Steve Sinclair

Canadian baseball player

*August 2nd, 1971, Victoria

52

Fernando Smith

American football player

*August 2nd, 1971, Flint

52

Anthony Tohill

Gaelic footballer (born 1971)

*August 2nd, 1971, Swatragh

52

Mario Alberto Trejo León

Mexican association football player

*August 2nd, 1971, Mexico City

52

Ruben Maria Soriquez

Italian actor

*August 2nd, 1971, Bologna

52

Massimiliano Tacchinardi

Italian footballer

*August 2nd, 1971, Crema

52

Frank Andre Guridy

American author and historian

*August 2nd, 1971, New York City

52

Davy Fitzgerald

Hurling manager, former Clare goalkeeper

*August 2nd, 1971, Sixmilebridge

52

Ángel Fernández

Ecuadorian footballer

*August 2nd, 1971, Machala

44

Sergei Filippenkov

Russian footballer (1971-2015)

*August 2nd, 1971, Smolensk †October 15th, 2015, Penza

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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

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

51

Daniele Nardello

Italian cyclist

*August 2nd, 1972, Varese

55

Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

55

Chrystia Freeland

Canadian politician and writer

*August 2nd, 1968, Peace River

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

53

Kevin Smith

American filmmaker (born 1970)

*August 2nd, 1970, Red Bank

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

47

Sam Worthington

Australian actor (born 1976)

*August 2nd, 1976, Godalming

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

47

Kati Wilhelm

German cross-country skier and biathlete

*August 2nd, 1976, Schmalkalden

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

55

Glenn Slater

American lyricist

*August 2nd, 1968, Brooklyn

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Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

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, 1971
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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