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July 2

A look at July 2 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Larry David and Hermann Hesse, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1993

    Sivas

    A mob sets fire to the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, where a Alevi cultural festival was taking place, killing 37 people.

    Municipality in Turkey
  2. 1964

    Civil rights movement

    Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.

    1954–1968 U.S. social movement
  3. 1937

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.

    American aviation pioneer (1897–1937)
  4. 1921

    World War I

    World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  5. 1890

    United States Congress

    The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.

    Bicameral legislature of the
  6. 1863

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - the Battle of Little Round Top takes place and results in a Union victory after the Confederate troops unsuccessfully try to assault the Union left flank.

    1861–1865 conflict in the
  7. 1823

    Bahia

    Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.

    State of Brazil
  8. 1644

    English Civil War

    English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.

    Series of wars in
  9. 1582

    Battle of Yamazaki

    Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.

    1582 battle in Sengoku-period
  10. 626

    Emperor Taizong of Tang

    Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

    Emperor of China from
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Famous birthday twins

Born on July 2

Larry David

b. 1947

American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Hermann Hesse

b. 1877

German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate

Wisława Szymborska

b. 1923

Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate

Lindsay Lohan

b. 1986

American actress and singer

Hans-Ulrich Rudel

b. 1916

German colonel and pilot

Arp Schnitger

b. 1648

German organ builder

Elizabeth Reaser

b. 1975

American actress

Erich Topp

b. 1914

German admiral

Deaths

  • 2025Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor
  • 2016Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author
  • 1977Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic
  • 1961Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1778Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer
  • 1566Nostradamus, French astrologer and author

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Bernardino Realino
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Visitation (Anglicanism; Levoča at Mariánska hora)
  • —Christian feast day: Monegundis
  • —Christian feast day: Otto of Bamberg
  • —Christian feast day: Oudoceus
  • —Christian feast day: Martinian and Processus
  • —Christian feast day: Pishoy (Coptic Church)

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