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 183rd 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, 29,190,240 minutes 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.
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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.
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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
- 626 –Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.
- 1298 –The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
- 1561 –Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
- 1644 –English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- 1823 –Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
- 1853 –The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
- 1881 –Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
- 1934 –The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
- 1940 –Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
- 1962 –The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
Who were born on July 2?
- 1820 –George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and 5th and 7th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878)
- 1876 –Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
- 1903 –King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
- 1919 –Jean Craighead George, American writer
- 1929 –Imelda Marcos, Filipino First Lady, wife of Ferdinand Marcos
- 1937 –Polly Holliday, American actress
- 1976 –Tomáš Vokoun, Czech ice hockey player
- 1981 –Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1984 –Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
- 1985 –Jurgen Roelandts, Belgian cyclist
Who died on July 2?
- 1566 –Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
- 1582 –Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
- 1591 –Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
- 1843 –Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
- 1915 –Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 19th, 21st and 23rd President of Mexico (b. 1830)
- 1993 –Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
- 1999 –Mario Puzo, American writer (b. 1920)
- 2004 –John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Norm Prescott, American animation producer (b. 1927)
- 2011 –Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
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