August 2 this is the 214th day of the Gregorian calendar, and there are 151 days left in the year. Here is the almanac of the day with saints, anniversaries and anniversaries.
What is celebrated on August 2
August 2 is World Men’s Day. This World Men’s Day was born out of a joke organized for Goliards in the early seventies. saint of the day dated August 2 Saint Eusebius, Bishop.
Birthdays, anniversaries, anniversaries
they are different i born dated August 1, between them on August 2. Isabelle Allende, Chilean writer, actor Fabio Testi. Also born today are Sam Worthington, Kevin Smith and the late Peter O’Toole and Wes Craven.
It Happened Today, August 2: Anniversaries
338 BC. – Philip the Macedonian defeats Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea.
216 BC. – Battle of Cannae: Hannibal destroys the Roman army of Lucio Emilio Paolo and Gaio Terenzio Varrone, which is considered one of the masterpieces in the history of military tactics.
461 – The Western Roman emperor Majorian is arrested and deposed in Tortona by the people of his commander Ricimer; he will be killed in five days
1057 – Election of Pope Stephen IX.
1100 – King William II of England dies in a hunting accident, pierced by an arrow under unclear circumstances; body found in two days
1216 – Francis of Assisi receives from Pope Honorius III the indulgence of the Forgiveness of Assisi for the small church of Santa Maria della Porziuncola: since then, every year on August 2, in all churches of the world, who confesses, repents and receives absolution, can receive that extraordinary form of indulgence ( complete indulgence), which erases the pain of sins
1377 – The troops of the Russian army are defeated in the battle on the Pyana River also because of their drunkenness
1554 – in the Battle of Scannagallo, the Franco-Sienese army under the command of Piero Strozzi is defeated by the Spanish-Medic army hired by Emperor Charles V; the unfavorable outcome for the Sienese became a turning point in the Sienese war and a mortal blow for the Republic of Siena, which forced the final surrender to the enemy five years later
1757 – Pope Benedict XIV publishes encyclical Quam Grave on the celebration of masses and canonical sanctions against false priests
1776 – Official signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
1790 – First US Census
1798 – End of the Battle of the Nile between the French and British fleets
1870 London opens The Tower Subway, the world’s first tunnel under a river, part of an underground network.
1902 – In Italy, a royal decree comes into force, abolishing the obligation of chains for prisoners.
1903 – Unsuccessful uprising of the population of the Balkans against the Ottoman Empire
1916 – Around 23:00 the battleship explodes Leonardo da Vinci at anchor in Mar Piccolo in Taranto
1934 – Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer Germany
(1945–Closing of the Potsdam Conference
1955 – Velcro patented
1980 – At 10:25 a.m., a bomb exploded at Bologna train station, killing 85 people and injuring 200.
1981 – Mohammad Ali Rajai is elected President of Iran.
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed on landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 126 passengers and eight crew members.
1986 – Released in Japanese theaters Laputa – castle in the skyHayao Miyazaki’s third feature film and the first official Studio Ghibli film.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, hostilities that will lead to the Gulf War
1998 – Marco Pantani wins the Tour de France
2005 – Air France Flight 358 caught fire on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport: all 297 passengers and 12 crew survived