Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 2
August 2, 2024 is the 215th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 2
- 216 BC –Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
- 1610 –Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
- 1776 –The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
- 1869 –Japan’s samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
- 1934 –Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
- 1937 –The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
- 1980 –A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
- 1985 –Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
- 1989 –Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.
- 1990 –Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Who were born on August 2?
- 1872 –George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
- 1945 –Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer
- 1954 –Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1957 –Mojo Nixon, American singer, lyricist and actor
- 1966 –Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1967 –Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
- 1972 –Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist
- 1974 –Phil Williams, Radio 5live Presenter
- 1975 –Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born German badminton player
- 1980 –Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
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