Aug 2, 1932
Peter O'Toole, born
Peter Seamus O’Toole ( 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor.
Aug 2, 1922
Alexander Graham Bell, died in Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell ( born Alexander Bell; March 03, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
Aug 2, 1894
Death duties introduced for the first time in Britain
Modern inheritance tax dates back to 1894 when the government introduced estate duty, a tax on the capital value of land, in a bid to raise money to pay off a £4m government deficit.
Aug 2, 1820
John Tyndall, born
John Tyndall FRS 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. Tyndall was born in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland.
Aug 2, 1800
The last session of the Irish parliament ends
The Acts of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.