Tuesday, August 2, 3368 is a Tuesday. It is day 215 of 3368 (58.7% through the year), ISO week 31, in Q3.
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On August 2, 3368, we mark the 2186th anniversary of several historical events, including the release of the animated film Castle in the Sky in 1986, which was the first film from Studio Ghibli. Additionally, on this day in 1971, the English rock band the Who released their iconic album Who's Next, which would go on to top the UK charts. In 2007, Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after being on the run following a kidnapping conviction. Today is also a day of remembrance for several individuals, including Ahudemmeh, celebrated by the Syriac Orthodox Church, and Basil Fool for Christ, honored by the Russian Orthodox Church. Ceferino Giménez Malla, Centola and Helen, and Joan of Aza...
On August 2, 3368, we mark the 2186th anniversary of several historical events, including the release of the animated film Castle in the Sky in 1986, which was the first film from...
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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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Tuesday, August 2, 3368 falls on a Tuesday.
in 490,080 days (in 1341 years, 9 months, 16 days). It is day 215 of 3368 with 151 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Tuesday, August 2, 3368 is written as II.VIII.MMMCCCLXVIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Crescent (approx. 13% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.