Wednesday, August 2, 3161 is a Wednesday. It is day 214 of 3161 (58.6% through the year), ISO week 31, in Q3.
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On August 2, 3161, we mark the 1,183rd 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 lives of several historical figures, including Ahudemmeh, Basil Fool for Christ, Ceferino Giménez Malla, Centola and Helen, and Joan of Aza, who are celebrated by the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church. The moon is in its Waning Gibbous phase, and the zodiac sign is Leo. Historically, August 2 has been a day of significant events, including the 2008 murder of a taxi driver in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games, which led to the Thai government banning the sale of Grand Theft Auto. In 2007, Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of t...
On August 2, 3161, we mark the 1,183rd 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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Wednesday, August 2, 3161 falls on a Wednesday.
in 414,476 days (in 1134 years, 9 months, 18 days). It is day 214 of 3161 with 151 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, August 2, 3161 is written as II.VIII.MMMCLXI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Gibbous (approx. 86% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.