Birthdays occurring on August, 2

1854

Francis Marion Crawford was born on August 2, 1854 No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship More quotations from Francis Marion Crawford

1858

William Watson was born on August 2, 1858 English poet wrote lyrical and political verse. He is known especially for his brief, epigrammatic poems, 1858-1935 Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness More quotations from William Watson

1871

John Sloan was born on August 2, 1871 Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind More quotations from John Sloan

1892

Jack L. Warner was born on August 2, 1892 Canadian film producer (brother of Harry M. Warner), 1892-1978 You were very good playing a bitch-heroine, but you shouldn't win an award for playing yourself. More quotations from Jack L. Warner

Deaths occurring on August, 2

1859

Horace Mann died on August 2, 1859 US educator, the first great American advocate of public education, 1796-1859 A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. More quotations from Horace Mann

1921

Enrico Caruso died on August 2, 1921 Italian operatic tenor, 1873-1921 Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the voice, picking up a new key, in the treatment of the ritual chant, and overcoming vocal difficulties that lie in the words rather than in the music. More quotations from Enrico Caruso

1923

Warren G. Harding died on August 2, 1923 American president, 1865-1923 I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights! More quotations from Warren G. Harding