August 2: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

August 2nd marks the 214th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 215th in case of leap years). There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Muriel Robin (1955), Mary-Louise Parker (1964) and Peter O'Toole (1932).
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Holidays

St. Etheldritha/Alfrida
St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri
St. Stephen
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 4 saints: St. Peter Julian Eymard
Feast day of Ilya the Prophet in Russian Orthodox Church
Bulgaria/Republic of Macedonia - Ilinden (St. Ilya Day), a day of remembrance of the Ilinden Uprising
Costa Rica - Our Lady of the Angels
Day of airborne forces in Russia
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Events

2018 Saudi Arabian-led intervention, Battle of Al Hudaydah in Yemen: At least 20 people were killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Al Hudaydah (Yemen). Saudi Arabia's spokesperson denied that its jets were present in the area, but blamed rebels.
2017 Two American soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan's War on Terror. The Taliban claim responsibility.
2016 Syrian Civil War: A volunteer search and rescue team from the Syria Civil Defence says that 33 people were injured by toxic gas dropped from an unmanned helicopter onto Saraqeb, rebel-held Idlib Governorate.
2015 Saudi Arabian-led intervention is in Yemen: A projectile from Yemen strikes Najran killing a Saudi Arabian citizen.
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest Ukraine: War In Donbass: Ukrainian forces retake the control of Krasnohorivka (and Staromykhailivka), outside of Donetsk, the stronghold of pro-Russian rebels.
2013 Syrian Civil War: A bomb explodes at a ammunition depot in Homs (Syria), killing at least 40 and injuring many others.
2012 Syrian Civil War
2011 2011 Libyan Civil War: 7 rebels killed, 50 hurt in fighting in Zlitan.
2010 A Grad rocket from the Sinai strikes Aqaba, killing a civilian in Jordan and injuring three more. Four more rockets also hit open areas in the Gulf of Aqaba. The attack was condemned by Jordan, Israel and Egypt, as well as the United States.
2009 After an outdoor stage collapsed at the Big Valley Jamboree country festival in Alberta, Canada, one person was killed and 75 were injured.
2008 Latvia held a constitutional referendum to decide whether it would allow referendums on the dissolution of parliament and early elections. The vote was null because turnout was not at the required 50% level, but the results (96% for the change) will likely push politicians to adopt similar measures.
2007 Due to the overwhelming number of countries concerned about climate change, the first ever United Nations plenary session is extended to a third day.
2006 Mel Gibson was charged with misdemeanor drunken driver and other related offenses.
2005 Air France Flight 358 landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport and then ran off the runway, causing the plane's to burst into flames. There were 12 injuries, but no deaths.
2004 After security improvements, the Statue of Liberty is reopened.
2003 The Daily Telegraph in the United Kingdom claims that attempts by the British Ministry of Defence to destroy documents relating to its treatment of Dr. David Kelly, BBC source, in the weeks leading up to his suicide were stopped by a security guard who discovered the documents set for destruction and called police. According to the MoD, the documents are not important and will be kept by the Hutton Inquiry.
2002 The 2002 Indiana quarter-dollar is now in circulation at the US Mint
2001 Robert Mueller has been confirmed as the new FBI Director.
1999 M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense is released into theaters.
1998 26th du Maurier Golf Classic
1995 The first cold front of the White Earthquake strikes Chile, during the rest of August several communities becomes isolated due to heavy snowfall and livestock is decimated.
1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water
1993 Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles
1992 Death & the Maiden closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 159 performances
1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges
1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia
1989 NASA confirms Voyager 2's discovery of three more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24.
1988 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo
1987 25th Tennis Federation Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada
1986 TODAY / PC born today
1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft Worth Airport, 137 die
1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs
1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway
1976 A gunman murders Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr and injures Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and a wrongful death lawsuit. Cullen goes broke afterwards.
1973 George Brett gets his 1st hit
1972 Gold hits record US$70 an ounce in London, England.
1971 JCPenney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.
1970 Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals
1969 Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minn 10th reunion
1968 35th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17
1967 New Orleans Saints' first pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77.
1966 Radio Vila (New Hebrides) begins transmitting
1965 Morley Safer sends first Vietnam report indicating US is losing war.
1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
1963 30th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 20, Green Bay 17
1961 Cyrille Adula becomes Premier of Congo
1959 41st PGA Championship: Bob Rosburg shoots a 277 at Minneapolis Golf Club
1958 Jordan and Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months
1954 Tahar Ben Ammar appointed Premier of Tunisia
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w / Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
1945 Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman and Churchill
1944 Amsterdam soccer team The Volewijckers plays in orange shirts
1943 Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka
1942 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
1941 German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman
1940 Clermont-Ferrand sentences General Charles de Gaulle to death
1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers.
1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs. Cardinals)
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.
1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany
1933 Opening of the Stalin White Sea ampndash Baltic Sea Canal, a 227 km navigable waterway constructed using forced labour in the Soviet Union connecting the White Sea with Lake Onega and the Baltic.
1932 Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chicago Cubs.
1931 Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status
1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
1928 Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia
1927 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announces, quotI do not choose to run for President in 1928.quot
1924 Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game
1923 Former US President Warren Harding dies at Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California.
1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die
1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox
1920 Marcus Garvey presents his Back To Africa program in New York City
1918 Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1917 Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning lands his aircraft on the ship in Scapa Flow, Orkney. He is killed 5 days later during another landing on the ship.
1916 World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
1914 Belgian government receives German ultimatum
1912 18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at Country Club - Buffalo, New York
1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
1907 Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak
1903 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey.
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