What Day Of The Week Was August 2?

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Sunday August 2, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 2: Day of the Week

August 2, 2026 is the 214th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 2 by the Numbers

  • 171 days since August 2
  • 0 year, 5 months, and 18 days ago
  • 5 months since then
  • August 2 is in the 31st week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 24 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

August 2 Historical Event(s)

338 BCA Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 1830Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri. 1869Japan’s samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869). 1903Fall 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. 1922A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people. 1932The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. 1934Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. 1943World 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. 1944ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia. 2011Three Rapid City, South Dakota officers stop a group of suspicious people on Anamosa Street. One man pulls out a revolver and fires six shots, killing one officer, mortally wounding another, and injuring the third.

Who were born on August 2?

1788Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) 1898Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer (d. 1977) 1912Palle Huld, Danish actor (d. 2010) 1931Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007) 1932Peter O'Toole, Irish actor 1949Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut 1951Freddie Wadling, Swedish singer and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet) 1954Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager 1969Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer 1982Grady Sizemore, American baseball player

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