1973 53 years ago Notable Births August 2

Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer

On August 2, in the year 1973, Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of August 2, one of 455 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Danie Keulder. Learn more below.

Danie Keulder is a former Namibian cricketer, who has played for Namibia's national cricket team from 1994 until 2005. He first appeared for Namibia in the 1994 ICC Trophy, against Canada in a match that his team lost by eight wickets, having put a mere 51 runs on the board.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on August 2, 1973 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 31 March 2025.

On This Date in History 455

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2023 Aug 2 Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (born 1965)
Notable Deaths 2022 Aug 2 Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2020 Aug 2 Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2017 Aug 2 Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2016 Aug 2 Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2016 Aug 2 David Huddleston, American actor (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2016 Aug 2 Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2016 Aug 2 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 2 Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 2 Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 2 Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 2 Jack Spring, American baseball player (born 1933)
Historical Events 2014 Aug 2 At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 2 Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 2 Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 2 Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 2 James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 2 Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 2 Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 2 Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 John Keegan, English historian and journalist (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 Bernd Meier, German footballer (born 1972)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 2 Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2011 Aug 2 José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2008 Aug 2 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (born 1935)
Selected Events 2008 Aug 2 A taxi driver is murdered in Bangkok by a teenager addicted to video games leading to the Thai government banning the…
Notable Deaths 2007 Aug 2 Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (born 1950)
Selected Events 2007 Aug 2 Raúl Iturriaga, a former deputy director of the Chilean secret police, was captured in Viña del Mar after having been…
Notable Births 2006 Aug 2 Héctor Fort, Spanish footballer
Historical Events 2005 Aug 2 Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to…
Notable Deaths 2005 Aug 2 Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (born 1955)
Notable Deaths 2004 Aug 2 Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2004 Aug 2 François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2004 Aug 2 Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th prime minister of Estonia in exile (born 1911)
Notable Deaths 2003 Aug 2 Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (born 1924)
Notable Births 2000 Aug 2 Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player
Notable Births 2000 Aug 2 Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian footballer
Historical Events 1999 Aug 2 The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
Notable Births 1999 Aug 2 Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer
Notable Deaths 1999 Aug 2 Willie Morris, American writer (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 1998 Aug 2 Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (born 1933)
Notable Births 1997 Aug 2 Austin Theory, American wrestler
Notable Deaths 1997 Aug 2 William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 1997 Aug 2 Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1905)
Notable Deaths 1997 Aug 2 Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
Notable Births 1996 Aug 2 Keston Hiura, American baseball player
Notable Births 1996 Aug 2 Simone Manuel, American swimmer

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Danie Keulder

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