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July 2

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.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

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

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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.

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

  2. 1582

    Battle of Yamazaki

  3. 1644

    English Civil War

  4. 1823

    Bahia

  5. 1863

    American Civil War

  6. 1890

    United States Congress

  7. 1921

    World War I

  8. 1937

    Amelia Earhart

  9. 1964

    Civil rights movement

  10. 1993

    Sivas

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 2

Larry David

b. 1947

Hermann Hesse

b. 1877

Wisława Szymborska

b. 1923

Lindsay Lohan

b. 1986

Hans-Ulrich Rudel

b. 1916

Arp Schnitger

b. 1648

Elizabeth Reaser

b. 1975

Erich Topp

b. 1914

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)

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