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
- 706 –In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
- 963 –The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
- 1555 –The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
- 1776 –The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
- 1777 –Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
- 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.
- 1890 –The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
- 1966 –The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
- 1976 –Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- 2010 –The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people.
Who were born on July 2?
- 1647 –Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
- 1877 –Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
- 1908 –Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
- 1914 –Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
- 1926 –Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (d. 2007)
- 1971 –Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and novelist
- 1974 –Sean Casey, American baseball player
- 1975 –Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player
- 1980 –Nicole Briscoe, American beauty queen and sports commentator
- 1988 –Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer
Who died on July 2?
- 1746 –Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
- 1850 –Robert Peel, British politician, 28th and 30th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
- 1857 –Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)
- 1969 –Michael DiBiase, American pro wrestler (b. 1923)
- 1973 –Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
- 1973 –George McBride, American baseball player (b. 1880)
- 1994 –Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
- 2006 –Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
- 2010 –Beryl Bainbridge, English author (b. 1932)
- 2011 –Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
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