August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th if leap year). It 151 days before the end of the year.
Celebrations
There is no celebration for this day!
Events
Great Britain ratifies the Treaty of Maastricht.
(August, 2 1993)Beginning of the first Gulf War
(August, 2 1990)Iraq has just invaded Kuwait. An international coalition of 35 countries will be formed to launch the operation "Desert Storm".
Letter from Albert Einstein to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(August, 2 1939)Albert Einstein co-authored with physicist Leo Szilard, Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner, a letter to U.S. President Roosevelt to worry about the risks incurred when Nazi Germany came to create a nuclear weapon.The "Manhattan Project" will be launched following this letter.
Sayings
There is no saying for this day!
Astrology
Sign of the Zodiac: 12th day of the astrological sign of Leo.
Last events added
- Discovery of two new natural satellites for Saturn - August, 16 2004
- Nagasaki atomic bombings - August, 9 1945
- Madagascar becomes a French colony - August, 6 1896
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima - August, 6 1945
- Explosions at the Port of Beirut - August, 4 2020