It was a Thursday - your built-in Windows calendar could have told you !
August 2 1940 was on a Friday.
August 2 1973 was a Thursday.
August 2 2008 was on a Saturday.
August 2 2010 was a Monday.
2 August 2002 was a Friday.
2 August 1965 was on a Monday
August 2, 1960 was a Tuesday.
2 February 2001 was a Friday.
December 2, 2001 was on a Sunday.
August 2, 1977 fell on a Tuesday.
August 2, 1988 fell on a Tuesday.
August 2, 1959 fell on a Sunday.