Sunday, August 2, 3159 is a Sunday. It is day 214 of 3159 (58.6% through the year), ISO week 31, in Q3.
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On August 2, 3159, we mark the 1,081st anniversary of the release of the English rock band the Who's album Who's Next, which topped the UK charts in 1971. This day also commemorates the 287th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Aza, and the Syriac Orthodox Church observes Ahudemmeh. Additionally, the Russian Orthodox Church honors Basil Fool for Christ, while Ceferino Giménez Malla and Centola and Helen are also celebrated. In historical events, August 2nd has seen its share of notable incidents, including a flash fire that killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man in 1973, and the capture of Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, in 2007. The day also marks the release of the animated film Castle...
On August 2, 3159, we mark the 1,081st anniversary of the release of the English rock band the Who's album Who's Next, which topped the UK charts in 1971.
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Historical Milestones
A taxi driver is murdered in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games leading to the Thai government banning the sale of Grand Theft Auto.
Murder of Khuan Phokaeng →Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been on the run following a kidnapping conviction.
Raúl Iturriaga →The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio Ghibli, was released.
Castle in the Sky →A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Summerland disaster →The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.
The Who →Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.
1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident →Leo Szilard penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.
Leo Szilard →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.
California Institute of Technology →Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.
Calvin Coolidge →Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.
Krishna Lal Adhikari →An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.
Austria-Hungary →The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.
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Sunday, August 2, 3159 falls on a Sunday.
in 413,745 days (in 1132 years, 9 months, 18 days). It is day 214 of 3159 with 151 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Sunday, August 2, 3159 is written as II.VIII.MMMCLIX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Crescent (approx. 17% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.