Births On ( 2nd)
- 1714 - "Christoph von Gluck, German composer"
- 1862 - "William Henry Bragg, English physicist"
- 1877 - "Herman Hesse, German novelist"
- 1938 - "David Owen, British politician & UN mediator"
- 1940 - "Kenneth Clarke, Current Conservative Chancellor"
Events On ( 2nd)
- 1850 - "Robert Peel, the founder of the police force, died"
- 1865 - "William Booth formed the Salvation Army at Whitechapel, London"
- 1937 - "Amelia Earhart, the US aviator, disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean"
- 1950 - American troops landed in South Korea
- 1973 - "Betty Grable, the famous Hollywood actress, died"
- 1976 - The government used emergency powers to deal with the water shortage crisis
- 1982 - Roy Jenkins was elected leader of the new SDP party
- 1985 - The ordination of women as deacons was approved by the General Synod
- 1985 - The European spacecraft 'Giotto' was launched to Halley's comet