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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd of August 1377 | EVENT | Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness. |
| 2nd of August 1610 | EVENT | Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean. |
| 2nd of August 1776 | EVENT | The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. |
| 2nd of August 1790 | EVENT | The first US Census is conducted. |
| 2nd of August 1798 | EVENT | French Revolutionary Wars: the Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory. |
| 2nd of August 1869 | EVENT | Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinokosho) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869). |
| 2nd of August 1870 | EVENT | Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London. |
| 2nd of August 1903 | EVENT | Fall of the Ottoman Empire: an unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, takes place. |
| 2nd of August 1916 | EVENT | World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. |
| 2nd of August 1918 | EVENT | Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I. |
| 2nd of August 1922 | EVENT | A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people. |
| 2nd of August 1932 | EVENT | The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. |
| 2nd of August 1934 | EVENT | Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany. |
| 2nd of August 1937 | EVENT | The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. |
| 2nd of August 1939 | EVENT | Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan project to develop a nuclear weapon. |
| 2nd of August 1943 | EVENT | Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka. |
| 2nd of August 1943 | EVENT | 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. |
| 2nd of August 1944 | EVENT | ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia. |
| 2nd of August 1945 | EVENT | World War II: the Potsdam Conference, at which the Allied Powers discuss the future of defeated Germany, is concluded. |
| 2nd of August 1964 | EVENT | Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident : North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy. |
| 2nd of August 1968 | EVENT | An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. |
| 2nd of August 1973 | EVENT | A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| 2nd of August 1980 | EVENT | A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. |
| 2nd of August 1985 | EVENT | Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. |
| 2nd of August 1989 | EVENT | A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians. |
| 2nd of August 1989 | EVENT | Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972. |
| 2nd of August 1990 | EVENT | Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. |
| 2nd of August 2005 | EVENT | Air France Flight 358, landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and ran off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames. There are 12 serious injuries and no fatalities. |
| 2nd of August 1455 | BIRTHDAY | John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499) |
| 2nd of August 1533 | BIRTHDAY | Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) |
| 2nd of August 1612 | BIRTHDAY | Saskia van Uylenburgh, wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642) |
| 2nd of August 1672 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) |
| 2nd of August 1674 | BIRTHDAY | Philip II, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France (d. 1723) |
| 2nd of August 1696 | BIRTHDAY | Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754) |
| 2nd of August 1702 | BIRTHDAY | Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, German Prince (d. 1769) |
| 2nd of August 1703 | BIRTHDAY | Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) |
| 2nd of August 1740 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (d. 1817) |
| 2nd of August 1788 | BIRTHDAY | Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) |
| 2nd of August 1815 | BIRTHDAY | Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) |
| 2nd of August 1820 | BIRTHDAY | John Tyndall, British physicist (d. 1893) |
| 2nd of August 1828 | BIRTHDAY | Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) |
| 2nd of August 1834 | BIRTHDAY | Frederic Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904) |
| 2nd of August 1835 | BIRTHDAY | Elisha Gray, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901) |
| 2nd of August 1858 | BIRTHDAY | Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1934) |
| 2nd of August 1865 | BIRTHDAY | Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (d. 1933) |
| 2nd of August 1865 | BIRTHDAY | John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) |
| 2nd of August 1868 | BIRTHDAY | King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923) |
| 2nd of August 1871 | BIRTHDAY | John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) |
| 2nd of August 1872 | BIRTHDAY | George E. Stewart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) |
| 2nd of August 1875 | BIRTHDAY | Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian painter (d. 1957) |
| 2nd of August 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Aino Kallas, Finnish-born Estonian author (d. 1956) |
| 2nd of August 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Red Ames, American baseball player (d. 1936) |
| 2nd of August 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Romulo Gallegos, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969) |
| 2nd of August 1886 | BIRTHDAY | John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian aviator (d. 1961) |
| 2nd of August 1887 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Ward, South African cricketer (d. 1936) |
| 2nd of August 1890 | BIRTHDAY | Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971) |
| 2nd of August 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of the Queen's Music (d. 1975) |
| 2nd of August 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist (d. 1971) |
| 2nd of August 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Warner, Canadian-born American film producer (d. 1978) |
| 2nd of August 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970) |
| 2nd of August 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960) |
| 2nd of August 1897 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Otto Koch, German SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 2nd of August 1897 | BIRTHDAY | Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1974) |
| 2nd of August 1899 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Bennett, British screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 2nd of August 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941) |
| 2nd of August 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963) |
| 2nd of August 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993) |
| 2nd of August 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Mary Hamman, American writer (d. 1984) |
| 2nd of August 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Roger MacDougall, Scottish writer (d. 1993) |
| 2nd of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979) |
| 2nd of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Vladimir Zerjavic, Croatian statistician (d. 2001) |
| 2nd of August 1912 | BIRTHDAY | Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) |
| 2nd of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Felix Leclerc, Quebec singer, songwriter and writer (d. 1988) |
| 2nd of August 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 2nd of August 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990) |
| 2nd of August 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Nehemiah Persoff, American actor |
| 2nd of August 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer (d. 1997) |
| 2nd of August 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel and the ninth President of the State of Israel |
| 2nd of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | James Baldwin, American writer (d. 1987) |
| 2nd of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001) |
| 2nd of August 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Harnell, American pianist, composer and arranger (d. 2005) |
| 2nd of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 2nd of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | John Dexter, English stage and film director (d. 1990) |
| 2nd of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster |
| 2nd of August 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator, 43rd President of Argentina |
| 2nd of August 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite |
| 2nd of August 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (d. 1990) |
| 2nd of August 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Vali Myers, Australian painter (d. 2003) |
| 2nd of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre DuMaine, American Catholic bishop |
| 2nd of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007) |
| 2nd of August 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (d. 2008) |
| 2nd of August 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006) |
| 2nd of August 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Peter O'Toole, Irish actor |
| 2nd of August 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician |
| 2nd of August 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut |
| 2nd of August 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2010) |
| 2nd of August 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Cannon, American football player |
| 2nd of August 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Garth Hudson, Canadian organist and keyboardist (The Band) |
| 2nd of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre de Bane, French-Canadian politician |
| 2nd of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) |
| 2nd of August 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Terry Peck, Falkland Islands-born British soldier (d. 2006) |
| 2nd of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Wes Craven, American film director |
| 2nd of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Benjamin Barber, American political theorist |
| 2nd of August 1939 | BIRTHDAY | John W. Snow, American 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury |
| 2nd of August 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Will Tura, Belgian singer |
| 2nd of August 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (d. 2000) |
| 2nd of August 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Isabel Allende, Chilean author |
| 2nd of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player |
| 2nd of August 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Max Wright, American actor |
| 2nd of August 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Nana Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist |
| 2nd of August 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Capaldi, British drummer and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005) |
| 2nd of August 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Joanna Cassidy, American actress |
| 2nd of August 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer |
| 2nd of August 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Massiel, Spanish singer |
| 2nd of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh guitarist (Amen Corner) |
| 2nd of August 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author |
| 2nd of August 1949 | BIRTHDAY | James Fallows, American journalist |
| 2nd of August 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author |
| 2nd of August 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Lance Ito, American judge |
| 2nd of August 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994) |
| 2nd of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Lynn Turner, American singer (Deep Purple, Rainbow) |
| 2nd of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Per Westerberg, Swedish politician |
| 2nd of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter |
| 2nd of August 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet) |
| 2nd of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Marjo, Quebec singer |
| 2nd of August 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Butch Patrick, American actor |
| 2nd of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | James Charles Kopp, American anti-abortion militant, murderer of Barnett Slepian |
| 2nd of August 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager |
| 2nd of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian |
| 2nd of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Dunigan, American actor |
| 2nd of August 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Tony Godden, English footballer |
| 2nd of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Fulvio Melia, Italian-born American physicist, astrophysicist and author |
| 2nd of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler |
| 2nd of August 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer |
| 2nd of August 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Mojo Nixon, American singer, lyricist and actor |
| 2nd of August 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Butch Vig, American record producer and drummer (Garbage) |
| 2nd of August 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Farhat Basir Khan, Indian Photography and Media Activist Academician, a critically acclaimed Media Professional. |
| 2nd of August 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Arshad Ayub, Indian cricketer |
| 2nd of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Victoria Jackson, American comedian |
| 2nd of August 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress |
| 2nd of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Neal Morse, American keyboardist and vocalist (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic) |
| 2nd of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | David Yow, American vocalist (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard) |
| 2nd of August 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Linda Fratianne, American figure skater |
| 2nd of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law) |
| 2nd of August 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Graham Dye, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scarlet Party, The Alan Parsons Project) |
| 2nd of August 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Cynthia Stevenson, Canadian actress |
| 2nd of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer |
| 2nd of August 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Laura Bennett, American architect and designer |
| 2nd of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Frank Biela, German racing driver |
| 2nd of August 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Mary-Louise Parker, American actress |
| 2nd of August 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach |
| 2nd of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese professional wrestler |
| 2nd of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Wakefield, American baseball player |
| 2nd of August 1966 | BIRTHDAY | M.V. Sridhar, Indian cricketer |
| 2nd of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter |
| 2nd of August 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player |
| 2nd of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Stefan Effenberg, German footballer |
| 2nd of August 1968 | BIRTHDAY | John Stanier, American drummer Helmet |
| 2nd of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player |
| 2nd of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer |
| 2nd of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Jan Axel Blomberg Norwegian drummer (Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem) |
| 2nd of August 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Hallebeek, Dutch jazz guitarist |
| 2nd of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player |
| 2nd of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter |
| 2nd of August 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Philo Wallace, Barbiadian West Indies cricketer |
| 2nd of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Hughes, Irish footballer |
| 2nd of August 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Alice Evans, English actress |
| 2nd of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress |
| 2nd of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist |
| 2nd of August 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer |
| 2nd of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer |
| 2nd of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer |
| 2nd of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer |
| 2nd of August 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Reyn Ouwehand, Dutch C=64 Composer |
| 2nd of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Phil Williams, Radio 5live Presenter |
| 2nd of August 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress |
| 2nd of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Mineiro, Brazilian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress |
| 2nd of August 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born German badminton player |
| 2nd of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Reyes Estevez, Spanish mid-distance runner |
| 2nd of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Sam Worthington, Australian actor |
| 2nd of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Jay Heaps, American footballer |
| 2nd of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Weiss, American figure skater |
| 2nd of August 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer |
| 2nd of August 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Edward Furlong, American actor |
| 2nd of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Goran Gavrancic, Serbian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Guerrier, American baseball player |
| 2nd of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Marco Bonura, Italian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner |
| 2nd of August 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Donna Air, English television presenter |
| 2nd of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Ivica Banovic, Croatian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Nadia Bjorlin, American actress |
| 2nd of August 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Dingdong Dantes, Filipino actor |
| 2nd of August 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Aleksander Emelianenko, Russian MMA fighter, brother of Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2nd of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Helder Postiga, Portuguese footballer |
| 2nd of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Sara Foster, American actress |
| 2nd of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Grady Sizemore, American baseball player |
| 2nd of August 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Kerry Rhodes, American football player |
| 2nd of August 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Nick Diaz, American MMA fighter |
| 2nd of August 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer |
| 2nd of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Smith, Canadian professional wrestler |
| 2nd of August 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Britt Nicole, American Christian pop vocalist |
| 2nd of August 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian-born Malagasy skier |
| 2nd of August 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Brittany Hargest, American singer |
| 2nd of August 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Skylar Diggins, American basketball player |
| 2nd of August 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 2nd of August 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress |
| 2nd of August 0686 | DEATH | Pope John V (birth year unknown) |
| 2nd of August 0924 | DEATH | King AElfweard of Wessex (Born 904) |
| 2nd of August 1100 | DEATH | King William II of England (Born c. 1056) |
| 2nd of August 1222 | DEATH | Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (Born 1156) |
| 2nd of August 1316 | DEATH | Louis of Burgundy, Prince of Achaea (Born 1297) |
| 2nd of August 1445 | DEATH | Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (Born 1376 or 1377) |
| 2nd of August 1511 | DEATH | Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader (Born c. 1466) |
| 2nd of August 1589 | DEATH | King Henry III of France (Born 1551) |
| 2nd of August 1611 | DEATH | Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (Born 1562) |
| 2nd of August 1696 | DEATH | Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (Born 1630) |
| 2nd of August 1769 | DEATH | Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (Born 1689) |
| 2nd of August 1776 | DEATH | Louis Francois I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (Born 1717) |
| 2nd of August 1788 | DEATH | Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Born 1727) |
| 2nd of August 1799 | DEATH | Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (Born 1745) |
| 2nd of August 1815 | DEATH | Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (Born 1763) |
| 2nd of August 1823 | DEATH | Lazare Carnot, French general, politician and mathematician (Born 1753) |
| 2nd of August 1849 | DEATH | Governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt (Born 1769) |
| 2nd of August 1859 | DEATH | Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (Born 1796) |
| 2nd of August 1876 | DEATH | Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (Born 1837) |
| 2nd of August 1889 | DEATH | Eduardo Gutierrez, Argentinian writer (Born 1851) |
| 2nd of August 1890 | DEATH | Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (Born 1813) |
| 2nd of August 1903 | DEATH | Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (Born 1850) |
| 2nd of August 1920 | DEATH | Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (Born 1891) |
| 2nd of August 1921 | DEATH | Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (Born 1873) |
| 2nd of August 1922 | DEATH | Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born Canadian inventor of the first practical telephone (Born 1847) |
| 2nd of August 1923 | DEATH | Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (Born 1865) |
| 2nd of August 1929 | DEATH | Mae Costello, American actress (Born 1882) |
| 2nd of August 1934 | DEATH | Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and 2nd President of Germany (Born 1847) |
| 2nd of August 1936 | DEATH | Louis Bleriot, French aviation pioneer (Born 1872) |
| 2nd of August 1939 | DEATH | Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (Born 1883) |
| 2nd of August 1945 | DEATH | Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (Born 1863) |
| 2nd of August 1955 | DEATH | Alfred Lepine, Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1901) |
| 2nd of August 1967 | DEATH | Walter Terence Stace, British philosopher (Born 1886) |
| 2nd of August 1972 | DEATH | Helen Hoyt, American poet (Born 1887) |
| 2nd of August 1972 | DEATH | Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (Born 1942) |
| 2nd of August 1973 | DEATH | Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (Born 1917) |
| 2nd of August 1974 | DEATH | W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (Born 1893) |
| 2nd of August 1976 | DEATH | Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (Born 1890) |
| 2nd of August 1978 | DEATH | Carlos Chavez, Mexican composer (Born 1899) |
| 2nd of August 1979 | DEATH | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (Born 1947) |
| 2nd of August 1983 | DEATH | James Jamerson, American bassist (Born 1936) |
| 2nd of August 1986 | DEATH | Roy Cohn, American politician (Born 1927) |
| 2nd of August 1988 | DEATH | Raymond Carver, American writer (Born 1938) |
| 2nd of August 1988 | DEATH | Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (Born 1914) |
| 2nd of August 1990 | DEATH | Norman Mclean, American writer (Born 1902) |
| 2nd of August 1990 | DEATH | Edwin Richfield, British actor (Born 1921) |
| 2nd of August 1992 | DEATH | Michel Berger, French singer and songwriter (Born 1947) |
| 2nd of August 1996 | DEATH | Michel Debre, French politician (Born 1912) |
| 2nd of August 1996 | DEATH | Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian warlord (Born 1934) |
| 2nd of August 1997 | DEATH | William S. Burroughs, American writer (Born 1914) |
| 2nd of August 1997 | DEATH | Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist (Born 1938) |
| 2nd of August 1998 | DEATH | Shari Lewis, American puppeteer (Born 1933) |
| 2nd of August 2001 | DEATH | Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (Born 1933) |
| 2nd of August 2003 | DEATH | Don Estelle, British actor (Born 1933) |
| 2nd of August 2003 | DEATH | Mike Levey, American television personality (Born 1948) |
| 2nd of August 2003 | DEATH | Peter Safar, Austrian physician (Born 1924) |
| 2nd of August 2004 | DEATH | Don Tosti, American violinist, composer and bandleader (Born 1923) |
| 2nd of August 2004 | DEATH | Francois Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (Born 1926) |
| 2nd of August 2005 | DEATH | Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (Born 1955) |
| 2nd of August 2007 | DEATH | Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (Born 1950) |
| 2nd of August 2007 | DEATH | Holden Roberto, Angolan founder and leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) (Born 1923) |
| 2nd of August 2007 | DEATH | Kay Dotrice, English repertory actress (Born 1929) |
| 2nd of August 2008 | DEATH | Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (Born 1935) |