- What happened on August 2?
Current Calendar Page for August 2, 2024
Name Day
Eusebius
Historical Events
1999 - In a head-on collision of two express trains at Gaisal station (West Bengal, India), 287 people lose their lives.
1984 - The first email to Germany is sent. The following day, Professor Werner Zorn at the University of Karlsruhe receives it. It's a welcome message from the US scientific network CSNET.
1944 - The last 4,300 Sinti and Roma remaining in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp are murdered. In 2015, August 2 is declared the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma.
1939 - Physicist Albert Einstein warns US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a memorandum about the possible development of a German atomic bomb.
1934 - Following the death of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler combines the offices of Reich President and Reich Chancellor, assuming the title "Führer and Reich Chancellor".
Birthdays
1964 - Mary-Louise Parker (60), American actress ("Grand Canyon", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "Weeds")
1949 - Bei Dao (75), Chinese writer ("Tides")
1939 - Helga Schuchardt (85), German politician, FDP member 1965-1982, Hamburg's Senator for Culture 1983-1987, Minister for Science and Culture in Lower Saxony 1990-1998
1924 - James Baldwin, American writer ("Another Country", "Giovanni's Room"), died 1987
Deaths
1799 - Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, developed the hot air balloon, the "Montgolfière", with his brother Joseph, born 1745
In the year 1984, history was made as the first email was sent to Germany, with Professor Werner Zorn at the University of Karlsruhe being the recipient. Several decades later, in 1999, Germany was not directly affected by a tragic event that took place in India.
