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What happend on 2. July in History

In our data base we found 289 events happened on 2. July:
  • 419: Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d. 455) [category: Births]
  • 437: Emperor Valentinian III, begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. [category: 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 Xuanwu Gate Incident. [category: Events]
  • 706: In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. [category: Events]
  • 862: Swithun, English Bishop of Winchester and saint (b. 789) [category: Deaths]

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  • 963: The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. [category: Events]
  • 1262: Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) [category: Births]
  • 1298: Adolf, King of Germany (b. 1220) [category: Deaths]
  • 1298: The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. [category: Events]
  • 1363: Maria, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Athens (d. 1401) [category: Births]
  • 1489: Thomas Cranmer, English Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556) [category: Births]
  • 1492: Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England (d. 1495) [category: Births]
  • 1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain. [category: Events]
  • 1504: Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1434) [category: Deaths]
  • 1555: The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. [category: Events]
  • 1561: Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz. [category: Events]
  • 1566: Nostradamus, French astrologer and writer (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
  • 1582: Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
  • 1582: Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. [category: Events]
  • 1591: Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) [category: Deaths]

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  • 1613: The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place. [category: Events]
  • 1621: Thomas Harriot, English astronomer (b. 1560) [category: Deaths]
  • 1644: English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. [category: Events]
  • 1647: Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English statesman (d. 1730) [category: Births]
  • 1656: François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French commander (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
  • 1665: Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian (d. 1726) [category: Births]
  • 1667: Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740) [category: Births]
  • 1674: Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614) [category: Deaths]
  • 1679: Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth. [category: Events]
  • 1698: Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780) [category: Births]
  • 1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. [category: Events]
  • 1714: Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787) [category: Births]
  • 1724: Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803) [category: Births]
  • 1743: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673) [category: Deaths]
  • 1746: Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
  • 1776: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4. [category: Events]
  • 1777: Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery. [category: Events]
  • 1778: Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
  • 1778: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
  • 1819: Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
  • 1820: George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, and 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (d. 1878) [category: Births]
  • 1821: Charles Tupper, Canadian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915) [category: Births]
  • 1822: Denmark Vesey, American freed slave who planned a revolt (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1833: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
  • 1839: Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad. [category: Events]
  • 1843: Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
  • 1849: Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (d. 1919) [category: Births]
  • 1850: Robert Peel, English politician, 28th and 30th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
  • 1853: The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. [category: Events]
  • 1855: Louis Maxson, American archer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
  • 1857: Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot and philosopher (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
  • 1862: William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942) [category: Births]
  • 1865: Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
  • 1869: Liane de Pougy, French Folies Bergères dancer and courtesan (d. 1950) [category: Births]
  • 1871: Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. [category: Events]
  • 1876: Wilhelm Cuno, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Hermann Hesse, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Royal H. Weller, American politician (d. 1929) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19. [category: Events]
  • 1884: Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931) [category: Births]
  • 1890: The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. [category: Events]
  • 1893: Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author (d. 1950) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. [category: Events]
  • 1900: Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1900: The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. [category: Events]
  • 1903: Alec Douglas-Home, English politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Olav V of Norway (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
  • 1904: René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Christos Tsaganeas, Greek actor (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Thurgood Marshall, American jurist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
  • 1914: Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Joseph Chamberlain, English politician and businessman (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
  • 1915: Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington [category: Births]
  • 1915: Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
  • 1916: Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (d. 1982) [category: Births]
  • 1916: Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1916: Louis Maxson, American archer (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
  • 1917: Murry Wilson, American musician, songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 1973) [category: Births]
  • 1917: The East St. Louis Riots end. [category: Events]
  • 1918: Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Jean Craighead George, American author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1920: William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer [category: Births]
  • 1923: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1925: Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
  • 1925: Patrice Lumumba, Congolese independence leader and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961) [category: Births]
  • 1926: Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1926: Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
  • 1927: Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier, recipient of the Hero of Israel award (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician, wife of Ferdinand Marcos [category: Births]
  • 1929: John A. Cade, American politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
  • 1930: Ahmad Jamal, American pianist, composer, and educator [category: Births]
  • 1930: Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, 50th President of Argentina [category: Births]
  • 1932: Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Wendy's (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1932: Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
  • 1933: Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1934: Tom Springfield, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Springfields) [category: Births]
  • 1934: Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
  • 1934: The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. [category: Events]
  • 1935: Omar Soliman, Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1937: Polly Holliday, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1937: Richard Petty, American race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1937: Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. [category: Events]
  • 1939: Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet [category: Births]
  • 1939: John H. Sununu, American politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff [category: Births]
  • 1939: Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (The Temptations) (d. 1973) [category: Births]
  • 1940: Kenneth Clarke, English politician [category: Births]
  • 1940: Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. [category: Events]
  • 1941: Stéphane Venne, Canadian songwriter and composer [category: Births]
  • 1942: Vicente Fox, Mexican politician, 35th President of Mexico [category: Births]
  • 1943: Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1946: Richard Axel, American neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
  • 1946: Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1947: Larry David, American actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1948: Gene McFadden, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1948: Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor [category: Births]
  • 1949: Greg Brown, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
  • 1949: Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor [category: Births]
  • 1949: Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1949: Roy Bittan, American keyboardist and songwriter (E Street Band) [category: Births]
  • 1950: Thomas William Burgess, second person to swim the English Channel (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
  • 1950: The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down. [category: Events]
  • 1951: Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Michele Santoro, Italian journalist [category: Births]
  • 1952: Johnny Colla, American musician (Huey Lewis and the News) [category: Births]
  • 1953: Mark Hart, American singer, musician, and producer (Crowded House and Supertramp) [category: Births]
  • 1953: Tony Armas, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1954: Pete Briquette, Irish bassist, songwriter, producer, and composer (The Boomtown Rats) [category: Births]
  • 1955: Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor [category: Births]
  • 1955: Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
  • 1955: Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
  • 1956: Jerry Hall, American model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1957: Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1957: Purvis Short, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1958: Dang Thai Son, Vietnamese pianist [category: Births]
  • 1958: Thomas Bickerton, American bishop [category: Births]
  • 1959: Mike Hallett, English snooker player [category: Births]
  • 1960: Terry Rossio, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
  • 1961: Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sports analyst [category: Births]
  • 1961: Michael Lindsay, American voice actor [category: Births]
  • 1961: Samy Naceri, French actor [category: Births]
  • 1961: Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
  • 1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. [category: Events]
  • 1963: Mark Kermode, English critic [category: Births]
  • 1963: Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 1964: Alan Tait, Scotland rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Andrea Yates, American murderer [category: Births]
  • 1964: Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee [category: Births]
  • 1964: Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1964: Joe Magrane, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1964: José Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1964: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. [category: Events]
  • 1965: Norbert Röttgen, German politician [category: Births]
  • 1966: Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
  • 1966: The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. [category: Events]
  • 1969: Jenni Rivera, American-Mexican singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1969: Matthew Cox, American criminal [category: Births]
  • 1969: Tim Rodber, England rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1969: Michael DiBiase, Italian-American wrestler (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 1970: Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree) [category: Births]
  • 1970: Monie Love, English rapper [category: Births]
  • 1970: Scott Garland, American wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1970: Steve Morrow, Irish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Yancy Butler, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1971: Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1971: Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and author [category: Births]
  • 1971: Troy Brown, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1972: Darren Shan, Irish author [category: Births]
  • 1972: Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Peter Kay, English comedian, actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
  • 1973: Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Chick Hafey, American baseball player (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: George McBride, American baseball player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
  • 1974: Matthew Reilly, Australian author [category: Births]
  • 1974: Moon So-ri, South Korean actress [category: Births]
  • 1974: Rocky Gray, American singer-songwriter and musician (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen, Living Sacrifice, Soul Embraced, and Mourningside) [category: Births]
  • 1974: Sean Casey, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1974: Tim Christensen, Danish singer-songwriter and musician (Dizzy Mizz Lizzy) [category: Births]
  • 1975: Erik Ohlsson, Swedish singer and guitarist (Millencolin) [category: Births]
  • 1975: Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1975: James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
  • 1976: Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1976: Tomáš Vokoun, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. [category: Events]
  • 1977: Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Julie Night, American porn actress [category: Births]
  • 1978: Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician [category: Births]
  • 1978: Owain Yeoman, Welsh actor [category: Births]
  • 1978: Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet, and translator (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 1979: Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1979: Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1979: Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1980: Nicole Briscoe, American sportscaster and model, Miss Illinois Teen USA 1998 [category: Births]
  • 1980: Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Aaron Voros, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American activist [category: Births]
  • 1981: Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Carlos Rogers, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Nathan Ellington, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (The Wreckers) [category: Births]
  • 1983: Sammy J, Australian comedian and writer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Johnny Weir, American figure skater [category: Births]
  • 1984: Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1984: Paul Dozois, Canadian politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1985: Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Chad Henne, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1985: Corey Bringas, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1985: Jurgen Roelandts, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1985: Rhett Bomar, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1985: David Purley, English race car driver (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Brett Cecil, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana were burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. [category: Events]
  • 1987: Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1987: Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakh model (d. 2008) [category: Births]
  • 1988: Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
  • 1988: Porta, Spanish rapper [category: Births]
  • 1989: Alex Morgan, American soccer player [category: Births]
  • 1989: Dev, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1989: Ivan Dobronravov, Russian actor [category: Births]
  • 1989: Omero Mumba, Irish actor and singer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
  • 1989: Franklin Schaffner, American director (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 1990: Danny Rose, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1990: Margot Robbie, Australian actress [category: Births]
  • 1990: Roman Lob, German singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1990: Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
  • 1992: Madison Chock, American ice dancer [category: Births]
  • 1992: Camarón de la Isla, Spanish singer (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival are killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest. [category: Events]
  • 1994: Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: James Forde, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1997: James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Mario Puzo, American writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 2001: The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted. [category: Events]
  • 2002: Ray Brown, American bassist and composer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. [category: Events]
  • 2004: Caitlin Carmichael, American actress [category: Births]
  • 2004: John Cullen Murphy, American illustrator (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and novelist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Norm Prescott, American animation producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Jan Murray, American comedian and actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Natasha Shneider, Russian singer, musician, and actress (Eleven) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Beryl Bainbridge, English author (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people. [category: Events]
  • 2011: Chaturanan Mishra, Indian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2011: Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Ben Davidson, American football player and actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: John E. Brooks, American priest (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Julian Goodman, American broadcaster (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Maurice Chevit, French actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
  • _: Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Feast of the Visitation at Mariánska hora. (Levoča) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Flag Day (Curaçao) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day (Bahia) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Monegundis [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Otto of Bamberg [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Oudoceus [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Palio di Provenzano (Siena) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Processus and Martinianus [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: World UFO Day [category: Holidays and observances]