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What happend on 2. August in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 2. August:
• 1100: William II of England (b. c. 1056) [category: Deaths]
• 1222: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156) [category: Deaths]
• 1316: Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297) [category: Deaths]
• 1377: Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness. [category: Events]
• 1445: Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1376) [category: Deaths]
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• 1455: John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499) [category: Births]
• 1511: Andrew Barton, Scottish navy leader (b. c. 1466) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1589: Henry III of France (b. 1551) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1611: Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) [category: Deaths]
• 1612: Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model, wife of Rembrandt (d. 1642) [category: Births]
• 1672: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) [category: Births]
• 1674: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1696: Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1696: Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1702: Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769) [category: Births]
• 1703: Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1740: Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1769: Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
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• 1776: Louis François, Prince of Conti (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. [category: Events]
• 1788: Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1788: Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: The first US Census is conducted. [category: Events]
• 1798: French Revolutionary Wars: the Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory. [category: Events]
• 1815: Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1815: Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, French soldier and politician (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: John Tyndall, British physicist (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1823: Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1828: Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1830: Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri. [category: Events]
• 1834: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1835: Elisha Gray, American inventor and businessman, co-founded Western Electric (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1849: Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1859: Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Irving Babbitt, American critic and academic (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1865: John Radecki, Australian artist (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1867: Ernest Dowson, English poet (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1868: Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1870: Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1871: John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1872: George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system. [category: Events]
• 1875: Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian painter (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1876: Wild Bill Hickok, American lawman (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1882: Red Ames, American baseball player (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1884: Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1886: John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and engineer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1887: Tommy Ward, South African cricketer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1889: Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian writer (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1890: Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1891: Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1892: Jack Warner, Canadian-American film producer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1895: Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1896: Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1897: Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1897: Max Weber, Swiss politician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1897: Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province. [category: Events]
• 1898: Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: Charles Bennett, English screenwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1902: Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1902: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1903: Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and biologist (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Fall of the Ottoman Empire: an unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1905: Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1905: Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Mary Hamman, American writer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1910: Roger MacDougall, Scottish writer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1912: Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1912: Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1912: Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1913: Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1914: Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1914: Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1915: Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. [category: Events]
• 1918: Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I. [category: Events]
• 1918: The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver. [category: Events]
• 1919: Nehemiah Persoff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1920: Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ormer Locklear, American pilot (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1922: Gábor Agárdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian scientist and engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1923: Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, 9th President of Israel [category: Births]
• 1923: Warren G. Harding, American politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding [category: Events]
• 1924: Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1924: James Baldwin, American writer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1924: Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer, and arranger (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Alan Whicker, English journalist and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1925: John Dexter, English director (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1925: John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1925: Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian politician, 43rd President of Argentina [category: Births]
• 1926: Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1928: Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1929: Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Vali Myers, Australian painter (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1931: Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1931: Pierre DuMaine, American bishop [category: Births]
• 1931: Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1932: Peter O'Toole, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1932: The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. [category: Events]
• 1933: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Valery Bykovsky, Soviet astronaut [category: Births]
• 1934: Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. [category: Events]
• 1935: Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1936: Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Billy Cannon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1937: Garth Hudson, Canadian musician, composer, and producer (The Band) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1938: Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1938: Pierre de Bané, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1939: Benjamin Barber, American theorist [category: Births]
• 1939: John W. Snow, American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury [category: Births]
• 1939: Wes Craven, American director [category: Births]
• 1939: Harvey Spencer Lewis, American author, occultist, and mystic (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. [category: Events]
• 1940: Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian doctor and activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1940: Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1941: Doris Coley, American singer (The Shirelles) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1941: Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1941: François Weyergans, French doctor and writer [category: Births]
• 1941: Jules A. Hoffmann, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1942: Isabel Allende, Chilean author [category: Births]
• 1943: Max Wright, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1943: Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (Traffic) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1944: Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1944: ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches. [category: Events]
• 1945: Alex Jesaulenko, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: Bunker Roy, Indian activist and educator [category: Births]
• 1945: Joanna Cassidy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Lawrence Wright, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Massiel, Spanish singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1947: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found for over 50 years. [category: Events]
• 1948: Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amen Corner and Fair Weather) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dennis Prager, American radio host and author [category: Births]
• 1949: Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1949: James Fallows, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1950: Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author [category: Births]
• 1950: Kathryn Harrold, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Lance Ito, American judge [category: Births]
• 1950: Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1951: Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1951: Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two) [category: Births]
• 1951: Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Fandango, Brazen Abbot, and Hughes Turner Project) [category: Births]
• 1951: Per Westerberg, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1951: John Paine, American target shooter (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Butch Patrick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist (Runrig) [category: Births]
• 1953: Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter (Corbeau) [category: Births]
• 1954: James Charles Kopp, American murderer of Barnett Slepian [category: Births]
• 1954: Sammy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1955: Caleb Carr, American author and historian [category: Births]
• 1955: Tim Dunigan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Tony Godden, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author [category: Births]
• 1956: Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1956: Jim Neidhart, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1957: Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage and Spooner) [category: Births]
• 1957: Farhat Basir Khan, Indian theoretician and activist [category: Births]
• 1957: Mojo Nixon, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1958: Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1959: Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress (Apollonia 6) [category: Births]
• 1959: Victoria Jackson, American comedian, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1960: David Yow, American singer-songwriter (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui) [category: Births]
• 1960: Linda Fratianne, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1960: Neal Morse, American singer and keyboardist (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Yellow Matter Custard, and Flying Colors) [category: Births]
• 1961: Cold 187um, American rapper and producer (Above the Law) [category: Births]
• 1961: Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer (Echo & the Bunnymen) (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1962: Cynthia Stevenson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Lee Mavers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's) [category: Births]
• 1963: Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer [category: Births]
• 1963: Laura Bennett, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1964: Frank Biela, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Mary-Louise Parker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy. [category: Events]
• 1965: Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1966: M. V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1966: Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1966: Tim Wakefield, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1967: Walter Terence Stace, English philosopher (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet, Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain, and Battles) [category: Births]
• 1968: Stefan Effenberg, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. [category: Events]
• 1969: Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian drummer (Winds, Mayhem, and Arcturus) [category: Births]
• 1969: Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist [category: Births]
• 1970: Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Alice Evans, English actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael Hughes, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jay Meetze, American conductor and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Reyn Ouwehand, Dutch Composer [category: Births]
• 1973: Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man. [category: Events]
• 1974: Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host [category: Births]
• 1974: Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Mineiro, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player [category: Births]
• 1975: Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach [category: Births]
• 1976: Michael Weiss, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1976: Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner [category: Births]
• 1976: Sam Worthington, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Fritz Lang, Austrian director (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Edward Furlong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Matt Guerrier, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Donna Air, English model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Marco Bonura, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner [category: Births]
• 1979: Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Nadia Bjorlin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Uğur Rıfat Karlova, Turkish comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. [category: Events]
• 1981: Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1981: Sara Foster, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Grady Sizemore, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Kerry Rhodes, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Nick Diaz, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1983: James Jamerson, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Britt Nicole, American singer [category: Births]
• 1985: David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. [category: Events]
• 1986: Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1986: Roy Cohn, American politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Csilla Borsányi, Hungarian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Brittany Hargest, American singer and dancer (Jump5) [category: Births]
• 1988: Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Raymond Carver, American writer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Vanes-Mari Du Toit, South African netball player [category: Births]
• 1989: A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians. [category: Events]
• 1989: Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972. [category: Events]
• 1990: Skylar Diggins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Edwin Richfield, English actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Norman Maclean, American writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. [category: Events]
• 1991: Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1991: Skyler Day, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Hallie Eisenberg, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Michel Debré, French politician (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ronald Townson, American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension) (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Don Estelle, English actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mike Levey, American television host (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Peter Safar, Austrian physician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Don Tosti, American musician and composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities. [category: Events]
• 2007: Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Holden Roberto, Angolan politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kay Dotrice, English actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: José Sanchis Grau, Spanish writer and illustrator (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Amos Hakham, Israeli scholar (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bernd Meier, German footballer (d. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gabriel Horn, English biologist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Keegan, English historian, writer, and journalist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Magnus Isacsson, Canadian activist, director, and producer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ruy de Freitas, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 338_bc: A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. [category: Events]
• 461: Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor. [category: Events]
• 686: Pope John V (b. 635) [category: Deaths]
• 924: Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904) [category: Deaths]
• _: Alphonsus Maria de Liguori [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Airborne Forces (Russia and Ukraine) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eusebius of Vercelli [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Stephen I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day, also known as Ilinden. (Republic of Macedonia) [category: Holidays and observances]