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What are the important events that happened on July 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 2 is the 183^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 19, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 486,504 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontatrigon’ day.

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 230 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,576 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 2: This Day In History

This day is the midpoint of a common year because there are 182 days before and 182 days after (median of the year) in common years, and 183 before and 182 after in leap years. The exact time in the middle of the year is at noon, or 12:00 p.m. In the UK and other countries that use “Summer Time” the actual exact time of the mid point in a common year is at 1:00 p.m. this is when 182 days and 12 hours have elapsed and there are 182 days and 12 hours remaining. This is due to Summer Time having advanced the time by one hour. It falls on the same day of the week as New Year’s Day in common years.

July 2 Historical Events

• 1853 –
  The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
• 1871 –
  Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
• 1890 –
  The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
• 1900 –
  The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• 1950 –
  The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.

Who were born on July 2?

• 1896 –
  Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965)
• 1957 –
  Purvis Short, American basketball player
• 1959 –
  Mike Hallett, English snooker player
• 1960 –
  Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
• 1971 –
  Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and novelist

Who died on July 2?

• 1582 –
  Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
• 1591 –
  Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
• 1903 –
  Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1961 –
  Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 –
  Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (b. 1917)