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July 2

July 2 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 626 and 1993. Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

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What happened on July 2?

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 626 and 1993. Famous people born on July 2 include Larry David, Hermann Hesse and Wisława Szymborska.

The shape of the day

This year marks the 1400th anniversary of Emperor Taizong of Tang — July 2 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for July 2 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on July 2

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • TV Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women

2024

  • TV My Wife Has No Emotion

2022

  • TV Lycoris Recoil

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 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.

  2. 1582

    Battle of Yamazaki

    Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.

  3. 1644

    English Civil War

    English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 1890

    United States Congress

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 1993

    Sivas

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

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
  • 2016Elie Wiesel
  • 1977Vladimir Nabokov
  • 1961Ernest Hemingway
  • 1778Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 1566Nostradamus

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)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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