Leap Year: 1996 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Leo.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1996 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
Native American Zodiac: The 2nd of August, 1996 falls under the Salmon.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
Age: Anyone born on the 2nd of August, 1996, will be 22 years of age.
American Format: 08-02-1996 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
YMD Format: 1996-08-02. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19960802" are easier to sort.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 838940400.
Holidays
National holidays and famous events that fall on the 2nd of August:
Republic Day (Republic of Macedonia)
Music Singles
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 2nd of August, 1996:
United States: Macarena - Los Del Rio
United Kingdom: Wannabe - Spice Girls
Movie Box Office
What movie was on top of the box office?
The movie "A Time to Kill" was at the top of the box office on this date.
News Topics, Fads & Culture
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on the 2nd of August, 1996.
Mid-1990s fashion
During the middle of the 1990s, female clothing began to become more form-fitting, as those badly-shaped "mom jeans" began to disappear. Grunge fashion started to decline and popular outfits began to include tartan minikilts, hot pants, slip dresses and knee highs.
Gillian Anderson
X-Files actress Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully) is listed as FHM's sexiest woman in 1996.
David Ho
A scientist called David Ho is named as the Time Person of the Year in 1996. Ho had made pioneering contributions to HIV/AIDS research.
Weather
Weather information for the 2nd of August, 1996:
Dublin, Ireland: It was 19.8 degrees Celsius. It was a dry day. It was a mostly sunny day.
New York, USA: Temperature: 67.5 degrees Fahrenheit. 19.72 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. There was thunder. Rain fell. Precipitation: 1.78cm.
Enter your date of birth below to find out how old you were on the 2nd of August, 1996.
Videos
Looking for some nostalgia? Here are some Youtube videos relating to the 2nd of August, 1996. Please note that videos are automatically selected by Youtube and that results may vary! Click on the "Load Next Video" button to view the next video in the search playlist. In many cases, you'll find episodes of old TV shows, documentaries, music videos and soap dramas.
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Visualize
Visualize the days that have passed since the 2nd of August, 1996. Each day that has passed will be represented as a calendar icon.
Time Difference & Statistics
Here are some fun statistics about the 2nd of August, 1996.
8,240 days have passed since this date.
711,939,600 seconds have passed since the 2nd of August, 1996.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 830,596,200 times.
Since the 2nd of August, 1996, earth has travelled approximately 367,360,833,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 118,656,600 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 61,226,806 steps. That's about 27,212 miles!
Since this date, 8,543,275 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!
Translations
Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Friday" in other languages is:
German: Freitag.
French: Vendredi.
Italian: Venerdi.
Spanish: Viernes.
Portuguese: Sexta-feira.
Comments
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