A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 2 throughout history.
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Incident at Xuanwu Gate: Prince Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rivals, the brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, sons of Emperor Gaozu; he then forces the emperor to name him as successor to the throne
The United Colonies of North-America was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies in 1775 and...
Bahia Independence Day: End of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia
One-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth found the East London Christian Mission, now known as The Salvation Army
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color,...
1,426 pilgrims are trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and South Africa.
American jockey Steve Cauthen wins the Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's four major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)
American jazz orchestra bandleader Duke Ellington (19) weds high school sweetheart Edna Thompson in Washington, D.C.
Platinum blonde screen goddess Jean Harlow (21) weds MGM producer Paul Bern (42)
Syndicated columnist Ann Landers (21) weds business executive Julius Lederer
MLB baseball player Ernie Banks (28) divorces Mollye Louise after 6 years of marriage
Dancer Mandie Taketa divorces talk show host Wayne Brady (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
St Miltiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Remains of Chinese Emperor Gaozong, his wife Empress Wu Zetian and family members interred in Qianling Mausoleum by Emperor Zhongzong, outside Chang'an on Mount Liangshan
Yax Pac [First Dawn] 16th and last ruler of the Maya K'inich Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty, ascends to the throne of Copán after the death of his father Smoke Shell - rules till 820
The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea
Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles, sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
Battle of Gollheim between warring German kings Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau results in Adolf's defeat and death
Turkish naval commander Dragut [Turgut Reis] sacks the Italian city of Paola
Menas (Ge'ez: ሜናስ, romanized: mēnās) or Minas, throne name Admas Sagad I (Ge’ez: አድማስ ሰገድ, died 1563), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1559 until his death in 1563, and a member of the Solomonic...
Ottoman Empire invades Venetian controlled Cyprus and lays siege to its cities. Gains control of the island August 1571.
Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.
Battle at Nieuwpoort: Maurice Count of Nassau leads an Anglo-Dutch army to victory over the Spanish led by Albert, Duke of Burgundy
Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River.
Battle of Marston Moor, North Yorkshire: Parliamentary forces under Lords Fairfax and Manchester defeat royalists led by Prince Rupert
Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC, FRS (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), was an English statesman and peer.
Thomas Savery (1650 – 15 May 1715) was an English inventor and engineer. He invented the first commercially used steam-powered device, a steam pump which is often referred to as the "Savery engine".
The Battle of Fleurus was fought on 26 June 1794 during the War of the First Coalition between the French Revolutionary Army under Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and an Austro-Dutch army commanded by Prince...
Marine Police established by The West India Committee to guard merchant vessels on the river Thames, London, beginnings of the world's oldest continuously serving police force [1]
Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam
Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina, dies by hanging at approximately 55
Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another
Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps used (still exists today)
Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. Confederate General...
Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.
General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington, D.C.
1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium
Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear
The Sherman Antitrust Act (26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits...
The Pullman Strike comprised two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression.
National League MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty, disappears after being removed intoxicated from a train by force; found dead at bottom of Niagara Falls 2 weeks later
MLB New York Yankees win by forfeit for the 1st time
Horn & Hardart opens its 1st NYC "automat" (self-service restaurant)
Erich Muenter, an instructor in German at Cornell University, explodes a bomb in the US Senate reception room
Race riot in East St Louis, Illinois escalates - Black neighborhood attacked and burned, 40-200 killed over 2 days and 6000 left homeless [1]
Ralph Samuelson (18) rides the world's first water skis on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, after previous attempts riding a board [1]
US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"
Jericho Earthquake in Palestine kills about 500
British parliament reduces the age at women can vote to 21 - the same as men (Representation of the People Act 1928)
MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 victory at Yankee Stadium
General Lazaro Cardenas elected president of Mexico
Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army.
Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126
Louis Joseph Maria Beel (12 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who...
Military coup discovered in France
"Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
"Bob & Ray show" premieres on NBC radio
Netherlands' Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
England cricket batsman Denis Compton scores career best 278 in 287 mins in 2nd Test win over Pakistan at Nottingham
"Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
USS Grayback (SS APSS/LPSS-574), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback.
Musical drama Film "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley based on a novel by Harold Robbins premieres
Canopus (or Opération Canopus) was the first French two-stage thermonuclear test. It was conducted by the Pacific Carrier Battle Group (nicknamed Alfa Force) on 24 August 1968, at the Pacific...
Mountain was an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969. Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and...
First Boeing 747 lands in Amsterdam and Brussels
USSR performs underground nuclear test
American pole vaulter Bob Seagren breaks world record for the 4th and final time with 5.63m in Eugene, Oregon
Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG, Vietnamese: Chính phủ Cách mạng Lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), was formed on 8 June 1969, by the Democratic...
Comedy film "Airplane!" written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty premieres
In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War.
KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
Lester Dumakude, commander of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonate a car bomb by remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Braniff Airlines goes out of business
Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
John Wayne Bobbitt & Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel by British author J. K. Rowling.
Vicente Fox is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping of all 11 states in Southeast Asia, which aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its members.
A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise the Seattle SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease
FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1
GlaxoSmithKline settles the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion
2015 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2015.
Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility
FIFA Confederations Cup: Germany defeats Chile 1-0 to win for the 1st time at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
,000 people now displaced by fighting in south-western Syria says UN since assault on rebel-held area two weeks ago
On 2 July 2019 at 23:30, during the Western Libya campaign, an airstrike hit the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people were inside the facility.
British Darts Organisation’s commercial arm – BDO Enterprises Ltd, goes into liquidation due to lack of sponsorship; oversaw original professional, semi-pro and amateur competitions in Britain
India's known COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000 with 30.45 million cases, amid expert speculation that over one million have died [1]
Earliest evidence for the use of opium from 14th century BCE found in burials at Tel Yehud, ancient Canaan (now Israel) [1]
US schooner Cuyahoga Packet captured on the Detroit river by the Provincial Marine, including top secret war correspondence [1]
At least 121 people, mostly women and children, killed in a stampede at an Indian religious gathering in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh [1]
Hermann Hesse, German writer, known for german writer, was born on 1877-07-02. Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Alec Douglas-Home is born
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese congolese politician and independence leader, known for congolese politician and independence leader, was born on 1925-07-02.
Imelda Marcos is born
Larry David, American comedian, writer and actor, known for american comedian, writer and actor, was born on 1948-07-02.
Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1986-07-02. Ashley Michelle Tisdale-French is an American actress and singer.
Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1987-07-02.
Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer, known for australian actress and producer, was born on 1991-07-02.
Jenni Rivera, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1969-07-02.
René Lacoste, French athlete, known for french and jamaican tennis player, was born on 1904-07-02. Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman.
Richard Petty, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1938-07-02.
José Canseco athlete, known for cuban baseball player, was born on 1965-07-02. José Canseco Capas Jr.
Joe Thornton, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1980-07-02. Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Alex Morgan, American athlete, known for american soccer player, was born on 1990-07-02. Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player.
Arthur II is born
Charles Tupper is born
Nostradamus, French seer and astrologer, known for french seer and astrologer, died on 1566-07-02.
Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist, known for american author and journalist, died on 1961-07-02.
Mario Puzo, American author, screenwriter, and journalist, known for american author, screenwriter, and journalist, died on 1999-07-02. Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter.
Elie Wiesel, South African writer and activist, known for american writer and activist, died on 2016-07-02.
St Miltiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Incident at Xuanwu Gate: Prince Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rivals, the brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, sons of Emperor Gaozu; he then forces the emperor to name him as successor to the throne
Remains of Chinese Emperor Gaozong, his wife Empress Wu Zetian and family members interred in Qianling Mausoleum by Emperor Zhongzong, outside Chang'an on Mount Liangshan
Yax Pac [First Dawn] 16th and last ruler of the Maya K'inich Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty, ascends to the throne of Copán after the death of his father Smoke Shell - rules till 820
The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea
Hartbert becomes bishop of Utrecht
Arthur II is born
The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles, sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
Battle of Gollheim between warring German kings Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau results in Adolf's defeat and death
Turkish naval commander Dragut [Turgut Reis] sacks the Italian city of Paola
Menas (Ge'ez: ሜናስ, romanized: mēnās) or Minas, throne name Admas Sagad I (Ge’ez: አድማስ ሰገድ, died 1563), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1559 until his death in 1563, and a member of the Solomonic...
Nostradamus, French seer and astrologer, known for french seer and astrologer, died on 1566-07-02.
Ottoman Empire invades Venetian controlled Cyprus and lays siege to its cities. Gains control of the island August 1571.
Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.
Battle at Nieuwpoort: Maurice Count of Nassau leads an Anglo-Dutch army to victory over the Spanish led by Albert, Duke of Burgundy
Acadia (French: Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River.
Battle of Marston Moor, North Yorkshire: Parliamentary forces under Lords Fairfax and Manchester defeat royalists led by Prince Rupert
Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC, FRS (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), was an English statesman and peer.
Thomas Savery (1650 – 15 May 1715) was an English inventor and engineer. He invented the first commercially used steam-powered device, a steam pump which is often referred to as the "Savery engine".
The United Colonies of North-America was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies in 1775 and...
The Battle of Fleurus was fought on 26 June 1794 during the War of the First Coalition between the French Revolutionary Army under Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and an Austro-Dutch army commanded by Prince...
Marine Police established by The West India Committee to guard merchant vessels on the river Thames, London, beginnings of the world's oldest continuously serving police force [1]
Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser River, British Columbia, lands at Musqueam
Charles Tupper is born
Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), accused of planning a slave rebellion in South Carolina, dies by hanging at approximately 55
Bahia Independence Day: End of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia
Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another
Envelope bearing 1st US 10 cent stamps used (still exists today)
Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus
Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. Confederate General...
Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.
General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington, D.C.
One-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth found the East London Christian Mission, now known as The Salvation Army
1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium
Hermann Hesse, German writer, known for german writer, was born on 1877-07-02. Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear
The Sherman Antitrust Act (26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits...
The Pullman Strike comprised two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression.
National League MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty, disappears after being removed intoxicated from a train by force; found dead at bottom of Niagara Falls 2 weeks later
Alec Douglas-Home is born
René Lacoste, French athlete, known for french and jamaican tennis player, was born on 1904-07-02. Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman.
MLB New York Yankees win by forfeit for the 1st time
Horn & Hardart opens its 1st NYC "automat" (self-service restaurant)
Erich Muenter, an instructor in German at Cornell University, explodes a bomb in the US Senate reception room
Race riot in East St Louis, Illinois escalates - Black neighborhood attacked and burned, 40-200 killed over 2 days and 6000 left homeless [1]
American jazz orchestra bandleader Duke Ellington (19) weds high school sweetheart Edna Thompson in Washington, D.C.
Ralph Samuelson (18) rides the world's first water skis on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, after previous attempts riding a board [1]
Patrice Lumumba, Congolese congolese politician and independence leader, known for congolese politician and independence leader, was born on 1925-07-02.
US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"
Jericho Earthquake in Palestine kills about 500
The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA
British parliament reduces the age at women can vote to 21 - the same as men (Representation of the People Act 1928)
MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 victory at Yankee Stadium
Imelda Marcos is born
Platinum blonde screen goddess Jean Harlow (21) weds MGM producer Paul Bern (42)
General Lazaro Cardenas elected president of Mexico
Great Britain amateur boxing team beats United States in the first International Golden Gloves tournament in NYC, New York
Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army.
Richard Petty, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1938-07-02.
Syndicated columnist Ann Landers (21) weds business executive Julius Lederer
Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126
Louis Joseph Maria Beel (12 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who...
Military coup discovered in France
Larry David, American comedian, writer and actor, known for american comedian, writer and actor, was born on 1948-07-02.
"Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
"Bob & Ray show" premieres on NBC radio
Netherlands' Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
England cricket batsman Denis Compton scores career best 278 in 287 mins in 2nd Test win over Pakistan at Nottingham
"Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
USS Grayback (SS APSS/LPSS-574), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback.
Musical drama Film "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley based on a novel by Harold Robbins premieres
MLB baseball player Ernie Banks (28) divorces Mollye Louise after 6 years of marriage
Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist, known for american author and journalist, died on 1961-07-02.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color,...
José Canseco athlete, known for cuban baseball player, was born on 1965-07-02. José Canseco Capas Jr.
Canopus (or Opération Canopus) was the first French two-stage thermonuclear test. It was conducted by the Pacific Carrier Battle Group (nicknamed Alfa Force) on 24 August 1968, at the Pacific...
Mountain was an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969. Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and...
Jenni Rivera, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1969-07-02.
First Boeing 747 lands in Amsterdam and Brussels
USSR performs underground nuclear test
American pole vaulter Bob Seagren breaks world record for the 4th and final time with 5.63m in Eugene, Oregon
Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG, Vietnamese: Chính phủ Cách mạng Lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), was formed on 8 June 1969, by the Democratic...
Comedy film "Airplane!" written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty premieres
Joe Thornton, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1980-07-02. Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War.
Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1986-07-02. Ashley Michelle Tisdale-French is an American actress and singer.
KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1987-07-02.
Lester Dumakude, commander of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonate a car bomb by remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
American jockey Steve Cauthen wins the Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's four major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)
1,426 pilgrims are trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Alex Morgan, American athlete, known for american soccer player, was born on 1990-07-02. Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player.
Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer, known for australian actress and producer, was born on 1991-07-02.
Braniff Airlines goes out of business
Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
John Wayne Bobbitt & Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel by British author J. K. Rowling.
Mario Puzo, American author, screenwriter, and journalist, known for american author, screenwriter, and journalist, died on 1999-07-02. Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter.
Vicente Fox is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping of all 11 states in Southeast Asia, which aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its members.
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and South Africa.
Dancer Mandie Taketa divorces talk show host Wayne Brady (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 8 years of marriage
A settlement is reached allowing former NBA franchise the Seattle SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; new owner Clay Bennett agrees to pay City of Seattle $45 million to wriggle out of last 2 years of KeyArena lease
FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1
GlaxoSmithKline settles the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion
2015 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2015.
Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility
Elie Wiesel, South African writer and activist, known for american writer and activist, died on 2016-07-02.
FIFA Confederations Cup: Germany defeats Chile 1-0 to win for the 1st time at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
,000 people now displaced by fighting in south-western Syria says UN since assault on rebel-held area two weeks ago
On 2 July 2019 at 23:30, during the Western Libya campaign, an airstrike hit the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, while hundreds of people were inside the facility.
British Darts Organisation’s commercial arm – BDO Enterprises Ltd, goes into liquidation due to lack of sponsorship; oversaw original professional, semi-pro and amateur competitions in Britain
India's known COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000 with 30.45 million cases, amid expert speculation that over one million have died [1]
Earliest evidence for the use of opium from 14th century BCE found in burials at Tel Yehud, ancient Canaan (now Israel) [1]
US schooner Cuyahoga Packet captured on the Detroit river by the Provincial Marine, including top secret war correspondence [1]
At least 121 people, mostly women and children, killed in a stampede at an Indian religious gathering in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh [1]