July 2

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 2. From 1900 until now. July 2 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Lindsay Lohan (1986), Margot Robbie (1990) and Ashley Tisdale (1985). Several movies were released around July 2 over the years, such as Princess Mononoke in 1997 directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Birdman of Alcatraz in 1962 directed by John Frankenheimer, Charles Crichton.
But much more happened on July 2 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Feast Day of St. John Regis
Originally, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation was celebrated on this day, although it has since been transferred to May 31
Palio di Provenzano in Siena, Italy
Canada Day. Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed on July 2.

Events

2019 Islamist militants attack a Niger Armed Forces base in the village of Inates, near the border with Mali, with two car bombs and gunmen, killing 18 soldiers. They also kidnapped four Nigerien soldiers and stole dozens of vehicles. (BBC)
2018 Crossing the Ditch: New Zealander Scott Donaldson becomes the first solo kayaker to successfully cross the Tasman Sea. After 62 days at sea, he landed in Ngāmotu Beach, New Plymouth, at 8.44 pm local time (08:44 UTC). (The New Zealand Herald)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Three suicide bombers in Damascus kill at least 21 people and wound 12 others. (The Guardian)
2016 2016 Gulshan attack: 13 hostages were rescued following a standoff with the Rapid Action Battalion. (Reuters)Twenty hostages and two policemen were killed, and six gunmen are dead with one captured alive. (CNN)
2015 Sinai insurgency: July 2015 Sinai attacks: Egypt vows to continue an offensive on the Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants have been removed. A hundred people have been killed in fighting in the past two days. (BBC)Egyptian Air Force air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula kill at least 23 ISIS-linked militants a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years. (Reuters)
2014 Taliban insurgency: A suicide bomber attacks an Afghan National Army air force bus in Kabul killing at least five people. (BBC)
2013 July 2013 Egyptian protests:: At least 16 people are killed and over 200 injured in clashes near Cairo University. (Ahram Online)Mohamed Kamel Amr resigns as the Foreign Minister of Egypt along with five other ministers who also submit their resignations after Sunday protests. (Reuters via MSN)The President of Egypt Mohammed Morsi vows to stay in office despite the protests. (The Telegraph)
2012 Four foreign aid workers held hostage inside Somalia are rescued by Somali forces after they were kidnapped from a Kenyan refugee camp on June 29. (BBC) (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
2009 American forces led by 4000 Marines begin a large offensive in southern Afghanistan against Taliban forces.
2008 Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages held by FARC guerrillas, are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
2007 US President George Bush annuls the 30-month prison sentence given to Lewis Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice.
2006 One year on from the Live 8 concerts, U2 frontman Bono announces that world leaders are not making good on their promises to Africa. According to Bono in a recent CNN interview, not enough is being done to make trade fair. (CNN)
2005 NASA's ampquotCopper bulletampquot from the Deep Impact spacecraft hits Comet Tempel 1, creating a crater for scientific studies.
2004 Darfur conflict: Sudanese President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, in a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, makes a commitment to "ensure security for the civilian population by deploying civilian police and by disarming militias". (Reuters)
2003 Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a ''kapo'' during a session of the European Parliament.
2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2001 The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.
2000 Tenchi Muyo is first shown on American Television.
1999 Benjamin Nathaniel Smith begins a three-day killing spree targeting racial and ethnic minorities in Illinois and Indiana, USA.
1998 J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published.
1997 Tom Walters Sr. of Meridian, Mississippi wins powerball of US$11 million.
1996 In Los Angeles, Lyle and Erik Menendez are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
1995 Rose Tattoo closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 performances
1994 101st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: C Martinez beats Navratilova (64 36 63)
1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
1992 Braniff Airlines goes out of business
1991 Ten-Day War: Fighting breaks out when the Yugoslav People's Army attacks secessionists in Slovenia.
1990 Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death
1989 10th US Seniors Golf Open: Orville Moody
1988 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61)
1987 Jim Eisenreich, comeback after nervous disorder in 1984
1986 After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his 1st loss of year
1985 Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
1984 Standard Oil of California changes its company name to Chevron.
1983 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63)
1982 Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawn Chair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California in lawn chair with weather balloons attached.
1981 The Wonderland Gang is brutally murdered in a massacre involving Eddie Nash.
1979 Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman
1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets New York Yankees record of 13-0 start.
1976 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86)
1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
1973 James R Schlesinger, ends term as 9th Director of CIA
1972 Fiddler on the Roof closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances
1971 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels
1969 Ireland bowl out WI for 25 at Londonderry, win by 9 wkts
1966 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
1965 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64)
1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers
1963 Juan Marichal (Giants) beats Warren Spahn (Braves), 1-0 in 16 innings
1962 Fidel Castro visits Moscow
1961 Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers
1960 Once Upon a Mattress closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 460 performances
1959 Plan 9 From Outer Space, one of the worse films ever, premieres
1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
1956 A lab experiment at Sylvania Electric Products results in an explosion.
1955 7th Heaven closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 44 performances
1954 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97)
1952 Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
1951 Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt
1950 Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
1949 High Button Shoes closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances
1948 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75)
1947 Military coup discovered in France
1946 Dutch Beel government forms
1945 The Okinawa campaign is declared over. Total US casualties are 80,000 (dead, wounded, missing, non-combat sickness). Total Japanese casualties are 120,000.
1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
1943 Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126
1941 Earthquake hits Palestine
1940 Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes Borders of 2 Worlds (German victory)
1939 The 1st World Science Fiction Convention opens in New York City.
1938 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60)
1937 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62)
1935 Great Britain boxers beat US team in first international Golden Gloves.
1934 The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Rohm.
1933 Carl Hubbell shuts-out Saint Louis Cardinals 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk.
1932 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60)
1928 British parliament accept female sufferage
1927 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64)
1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized.
1921 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75)
1920 Polish–Soviet War: Red Army continues offensive into Poland.
1919 Syrian National Congress in Damascus. Arab nationalist announce independence.
1917 Riots in East St. Louis, Missouri
1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism
1914 The German Kaiser announces that he will not attend the Archduke's funeral.
1903 AL / NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later
1902 John J McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years).
1901 Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana
1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin first airship LZ-1, flies.
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