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 184^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 19, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,719,878,400 seconds 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 ‘hectaoctacontatetragon’ 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 211 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 4,211 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

• 1298 –
  The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 1494 –
  The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
• 1644 –
  English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
• 1679 –
  Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
• 1777 –
  Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
• 1890 –
  The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
• 1950 –
  The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
• 1962 –
  The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
• 2000 –
  Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
• 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?

• 1492 –
  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
• 1919 –
  Jean Craighead George, American writer
• 1934 –
  Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
• 1939 –
  Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
• 1948 –
  Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor
• 1949 –
  Greg Brown, American folk singer
• 1957 –
  Purvis Short, American basketball player
• 1970 –
  Colin Edwin, Australian bassist (Porcupine Tree)
• 1981 –
  Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
• 1981 –
  Carlos Rogers, American football player

Who died on July 2?

• 1504 –
  Prince Stephen III of Moldavia (“Ştefan cel Mare”) (b. 1434)
• 1822 –
  Denmark Vesey, St. Thomas-born American freed slave who planned a revolt, hanged (b. c. 1767)
• 1912 –
  Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1915 –
  Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 19th, 21st and 23rd President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1929 –
  Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1955 –
  Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1966 –
  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
• 1972 –
  Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1989 –
  Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
• 2000 –
  Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)

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