On this day: August 2
Events
Battle of CannaeAugust 2, 216 BC · Wars & Conflicts
War of the Quadruple AllianceAugust 2, 1718 – February 17, 1720 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Anheuser-Busch InBevAugust 2, 1977 · Companies
Gulf WarAugust 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of Streets of RageAugust 2, 1991 · Gaming
Second Congo WarAugust 2, 1998 – June 30, 2003 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of BumerAugust 2, 2003 · Film
Founding of Unity TechnologiesAugust 2, 2004 · Companies
Release of Fable IIIAugust 2, 2010 · Gaming- Release of The SuburbsAugust 2, 2010 · Music
- Release of Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieAugust 2, 2024 · Film
- Release of Harold and the Purple CrayonAugust 2, 2024 · Film
Born on this day
Samuel van HoogstratenAugust 2, 1627 – October 19, 1678 · Art
Johann Jakob ScheuchzerAugust 2, 1672 – June 23, 1733 · Science
Philippe II, Duke of OrléansAugust 2, 1674 – December 2, 1723 · Art
Pierre Charles L’EnfantAugust 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825 · Culture
Friedrich StromeyerAugust 2, 1776 – August 18, 1835 · Science
Leopold GmelinAugust 2, 1788 – April 13, 1853 · Science
John TyndallAugust 2, 1820 – December 4, 1893 · Technology
Frédéric Auguste BartholdiAugust 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904 · Art
Elisha GrayAugust 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901 · Technology
Prafulla Chandra RayAugust 2, 1861 – June 16, 1944 · Science
Dmitry MerezhkovskyAugust 2, 1865 – December 1941 · Culture
Adrien de GerlacheAugust 2, 1866 – December 4, 1934 · Exploration
Marianne WeberAugust 2, 1870 – 1954 · Art
John SloanAugust 2, 1871 – September 7, 1951 · Art
Mstislav DobuzhinskyAugust 2, 1875 – November 20, 1957 · Art
Arthur DoveAugust 2, 1880 – November 23, 1946 · Art
Arthur BlissAugust 2, 1891 – March 1975 · Music
Jack WarnerAugust 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978 · Film
James ParrottAugust 2, 1897 – May 10, 1939 · Film
Karl Amadeus HartmannAugust 2, 1905 – December 5, 1963 · Music
Nehemiah PersoffAugust 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022 · Art
Ruth Barcan MarcusAugust 2, 1921 – February 19, 2012 · Culture
Shimon PeresAugust 2, 1923 – September 28, 2016 · Politics
Luigi ColaniAugust 2, 1928 – September 16, 2019 · Culture
José AfonsoAugust 2, 1929 – February 23, 1987 · Music
Peter O'TooleAugust 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013 · Film
Valery BykovskyAugust 2, 1934 – March 27, 2019 · Space
Garth HudsonAugust 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025 · Music
Wes CravenAugust 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015 · Film
Jules A. HoffmannAugust 2, 1941 – present · Science- François WeyergansAugust 2, 1941 – May 27, 2019 · Film
Naná VasconcelosAugust 2, 1944 – March 9, 2016 · Music
Nigel HitchinAugust 2, 1946 – present · Science
Bertalan FarkasAugust 2, 1949 – present · Space
Jussi Adler-OlsenAugust 2, 1950 – present · Music
Joe Lynn TurnerAugust 2, 1951 – present · Music
Namadi SamboAugust 2, 1954 – present · Culture
Butch VigAugust 2, 1955 – present · Music
Anne LacatonAugust 2, 1955 – present · Culture
Muriel RobinAugust 2, 1955 – present · Film
Neal MorseAugust 2, 1960 – present · Film
Cui JianAugust 2, 1961 – present · Music
Kevin SmithAugust 2, 1970 – present · Film
Simon KinbergAugust 2, 1973 – present · Film
Sam WorthingtonAugust 2, 1976 – present · Film
Britt LowerAugust 2, 1985 – present · Film
Jonas BlueAugust 2, 1989 – present · Music
Charli XCXAugust 2, 1992 – present · Music
Jacob CollierAugust 2, 1994 – present · Music