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Events on August 2

• 1552 The Treaty of Passau between the King of the Romans Ferdinand I and the Protestant imperial princes formally recognizes Protestantism and also leads to the release of the Landgrave Philipp von Hesse, who was being held in imperial captivity.
• 1819 In Würzburg, the Hep-Hep riots begin. Anti-Jewish demonstrations and violence spread to other cities in the German Confederation over the following days.
• 1914 As part of the implementation of the Schlieffen Plan, the German Empire occupies neutral Luxembourg. These are the first German combat operations in the First World War.
• 1934 Reich President Paul von Hindenburg dies at Gut Neudeck, and Hitler assumes the title “Führer and Chancellor”.
• 1945 As a result of the Potsdam Conference, the Potsdam Agreement is signed, providing for the denazification, demilitarization, democratization, dismantling, and decentralization of Germany.
• 1953 The only Formula 1 race involving teams from East Germany is held at the Nürburgring.
• 1964 Vietnam War: During the First Tonkin Incident, the U.S. destroyer Maddox encounters three North Vietnamese fast boats on a reconnaissance mission in the Gulf of Tonkin and engages them in a firefight. However, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson initially declines military retaliation.
• 1969 During its flyby, the Mariner 7 space probe takes photographs of Mars encompassing two rotations of the planet.
• 1980 The far-right terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari detonates a bomb at the railway station in the Italian city of Bologna. 85 people are killed in the Bologna attack, and at least 200 are injured.
• 1990 Second Gulf War: Iraqi troops invade and occupy Kuwait. On the same day, the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns the invasion in Resolution 660.
• 2004 The party Die PARTEI is founded by editors of the satirical magazine Titanic.
• 2005 FC Schalke 04 wins the DFL League Cup at the Central Stadium in Leipzig with a 1:0 victory over VfB Stuttgart.

Born on August 2

• 1870 Marianne Weber, German women's rights activist and sociologist
• 1892 Jack L. Warner, Canadian film producer, screenwriter, and director
• 1910 Tillie Breidenbach, German actress
• 1931 Ruth Maria Kubitschek, German actress
• 1942 Isabel Allende, Chilean writer
• 1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football coach
• 1950 Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author
• 1950 Mathieu Carrière, German actor
• 1970 Kevin Smith, American director and actor
• 1992 Charli XCX, British singer and songwriter

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „2. August“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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