On this day: 2 August

Selected events and births on 2 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1790 – The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214. Read more: 1790 United States census
• 1870 – One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London. Read more: Tower Subway River Thames
• 1932 – At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more: California Institute of Technology Carl David Anderson Antimatter
• 1971 – The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts. Read more: The Who Who's Next UK Albums Chart
• 1986 – The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, was released. Read more: Castle in the Sky Studio Ghibli

Born on this day

• 1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence Read more: Ioannis Varvitsiotis List of defence ministers of Greece
• 1939 – John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury Read more: John W. Snow United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgish-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Jules A. Hoffmann Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1951 – Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden Read more: Per Westerberg Speaker of the Riksdag
• 1965 – Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia Read more: Joe Hockey Treasurer of Australia
• 1972 – Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C. Read more: Muriel Bowser List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
• 1984 – JD Vance, American politician, 50th vice president of the United States Read more: JD Vance Vice President of the United States
• 1999 – Anastasios Douvikas, Greek footballer Read more: Anastasios Douvikas
• 1999 – Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer Read more: Mark (rapper)
• 2000 – Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player Read more: Varvara Gracheva
• 2000 – Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian footballer Read more: Mohammed Kudus
• 2006 – Héctor Fort, Spanish footballer Read more: Héctor Fort

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