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 184th 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, 477,744 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 ‘hectaoctacontatetragon’ 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 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
- 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.
- 706 –In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
- 1555 –The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
- 1561 –Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
- 1777 –Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
- 1853 –The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War.
- 1897 –Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
- 1900 –The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- 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.
- 2002 –Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
Who were born on July 2?
- 1492 –Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)
- 1667 –Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
- 1698 –Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780)
- 1906 –Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1908 –Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
- 1917 –Murry Wilson, American songwriter and record producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
- 1932 –Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (Wendy’s) (d. 2002)
- 1943 –Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
- 1954 –Pete Briquette, Irish bassist (The Boomtown Rats)
- 1964 –Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
Who died on July 2?
- 862 –Swithun, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester (b. 789)
- 1591 –Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
- 1778 –Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)
- 1912 –Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
- 1926 –Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
- 1934 –Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (b. 1887)
- 1955 –Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
- 1989 –Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
- 1991 –Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
- 2011 –Itamar Franco, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
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