July 2: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

July 2nd marks the 183rd day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 184th in case of leap years). There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Lindsay Lohan (1986), Margot Robbie (1990) and Ashley Tisdale (1985).
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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 Two car bombs and gunmen were used by Islamist militants to attack the Niger Armed Forces Base in Inates, close to the border with Mali. They killed 18 soldiers. They also kidnapped four Nigerien soldiers, and stole dozens more vehicles.
2018 Crossing the Ditch. Scott Donaldson, a New Zealander, becomes the first solo kayaker who successfully crosses the Tasman Sea. After 62 days at sea, Donaldson landed at Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth at 8.44 PM local time (08.44 UTC).
2017 Syrian Civil War: Three suicide bombers attack Damascus killing at least 21 and injuring 12 more.
2016 After a standoff with Rapid Action Battalion, 13 hostages were freed from the Gulshan attack in 2016. (Reuters) Twenty-five hostages were killed and two police officers were injured. Six gunmen have been captured and six are now dead.
2015 Sinai insurgency: July 2015 Sinai attack: Egypt vows that it will continue its offensive on Sinai Peninsula until ISIL militants are removed. In the last two days, over 100 people were killed in fighting. (BBC). The Egyptian Air Force's air strikes on the Sinai Peninsula have killed at least 23 militants linked to ISIS, a day following the bloodiest clashes in the area in years.
2014 Taliban insurgency: At least five people are killed when a suicide bomber targets a bus carrying the Afghan National Army Air Force in Kabul.
2013 July 2013 Egyptian protests, at least 16 deaths and more than 200 injuries in clashes close to Cairo University. (Ahram Online). Mohamed Kamel Amr, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, resigns along with five other ministers. (Reuters via MSN). President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt vows to remain in office despite protests.
2012 After being kidnapped at a Kenyan refugee camp, four foreign aid workers were held hostage in Somalia.
2011 Arab Spring
2010 At least 230 people are killed in the explosion of a South Kivu tanker truck in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2009 American forces, led by 4000 Marines, launch a major offensive in southern Afghanistan against Taliban forces.
2008 The Colombian armed forces rescue Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages being held by FARC rebels.
2007 The US President George Bush has revoked the sentence of 30 months in prison that Lewis Libby was given for perjury, obstruction of justice and other crimes.
2006 Bono, U2's frontman, says that despite having made promises to Africa one year ago at the Live 8 concerts. Bono stated in a CNN interview that not enough has been done to promote trade fairs.
2005 NASA's ampquotCopper Bulletampquot spacecraft from Deep Impact hits Comet Tempel 1. This creates a crater that can be used for scientific research.
2004 Conflict in Darfur: Sudanese President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir meets with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Ann to make a commitment "to ensure security for the civilian population through deployment of civilian police and disarming militias."
2003 Silvio Berlusconi is the Prime Minister of Italy and insulted Martin Schulz, a German MP, during a session at the European Parliament.
2002 Steve Fossett becomes first solo pilot to fly non-stop around the globe in a balloon.
2001 The first AbioCor self-contained artificial heart was implanted.
2000 Tenchi Muyo first broadcast 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
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
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
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
1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m
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
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
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
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
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
1939 The 1st World Science Fiction Convention opens in New York City.
1938 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs
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
1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized.
1921 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton
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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