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What happened in history on this day: August 2?
On August 2 in ...
- 2002 - Buena Vista releases the film Signs to theaters.
Births on August 2
- 1914 - Birth of Gary Merrill in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve).
- 1916 - Birth of Beatrice Straight in Old Westbury, New York, USA; actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story).
- 1922 - Birth of Carroll O'Connor in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Archie Bunker - All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night).
- 1932 - Birth of Peter O'Toole in Ireland; actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia).
- 1934 - Birth of Albert W Hall; actor (Apocalypse Now).
- 1950 - Birth of Kathryn Harrold in Tarzewell, Virginia, USA; actress (MacGruder and Loud).
- 1955 - Birth of Roberta Wallach in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Civil Wars).
- 1959 - Birth of Britt Helfer in Utah, USA; actress (Lily - Loving, Alley Cat).
- 1960 - Birth of Apollonia [Patricia Kotero] in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Purple Rain).
- 1967 - Birth of Derek Wells in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Fitzpatricks).
- 1973 - Birth of Kia Goodwin in Livingston, New Jersey, USA; actress (Tiffany Holloway-227).
- 1977 - Birth of Edward Furlong in Pasedina, California; actor (John Connor - Terminator 2).
- 1986 - Birth of Caitlin Murphy, Australian model and actress (Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive).
Deaths on August 2
- 1964 - Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at age 69.
- 1976 - Death of Fritz Lang in Los Angeles, California (born in Vienna, Austria); German film maker der Spieler (1922), Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1926), Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1932), Fury (1936), Western Union (1941), and Hangmen also Die (1943).
- 1978 - Death of Totie Fields AKA Sophie Feldman at age 48 of a heart attack; comedienne (Ed Sullivan Show TV show 40 times, 125 appearances on The Mike Douglas Show TV show, Merv Griffin show TV show).
- 1982 - Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Seperate Tables), dies at age 93.
- 1985 - Death of Frank Faylen of pneumonia at age 82; character actor (Lost Weekend film, It's a Wonderful Life film, Life and Loves of Dobie Gillis TV show, That Girl TV show).
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