August 2nd (1990) was a Thursday. It's the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 2nd August, 1990
» Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Famous Birthdays on August 2 in 1990
» Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
» Skylar Diggins, American basketball player
August 2nd Famous Deaths for 1990
» Norman Maclean, American scholar and author (b. 1902)
» Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
August 2nd Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1839-1969, now generally August 1)
» Basil Fool for Christ (Russian Orthodox Church)
» Eusebius of Vercelli
» Peter Julian Eymard
» Pope Stephen I
» Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula (Franciscan Order)
» Samuel David Ferguson (Episcopal Church (USA))
» August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Day of Russian Airborne Troops or Airborne Forces (Russia and Ukraine)
» Day of Cinema of Azerbaijan called Azerbaijani cinema (Azerbaijan)
» Virgen de los Angeles called Our Lady of the Angels Day (Costa Rica)