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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2008-11-19



Births


1029-07-02 - Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)
1262-07-02 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)
1489-07-02 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1556)
1647-07-02 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English privy councilor (d. 1730)
1665-07-02 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
1667-07-02 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (d. 1740)
1714-07-02 - Christoph Willibald von Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
1724-07-02 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (d. 1803)
1820-07-02 - George Law Curry, Newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon (d. 1878)
1821-07-02 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
1856-07-02 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist leader (d. 1920)
1862-07-02 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
1865-07-02 - Lily Braun, German writer (d. 1916)
1876-07-02 - Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1933)
1877-07-02 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
1884-07-02 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
1900-07-02 - Tyrone Guthrie, English actor (d. 1971)
1903-07-02 - Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1903-07-02 - King Olav V of Norway (d. 1991)
1906-07-02 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1908-07-02 - Thurgood Marshall, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1993)
1914-07-02 - Frederick Fennell, American conductor (d. 2004)
1914-07-02 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
1916-07-02 - Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1916-07-02 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (d. 1982)
1918-07-02 - Wibo, Dutch cartoonist (d. 2005)
1923-07-02 - Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel laureate
1925-07-02 - Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (d. 1963)
1925-07-02 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
1927-07-02 - Brock Peters, American actor (d. 2005)
1929-07-02 - Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines
1930-07-02 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
1932-07-02 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 2002)
1933-07-02 - Kenny Wharram, Canadian hockey player
1937-07-02 - Polly Holliday, American actress
1937-07-02 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
1939-07-02 - John H. Sununu, White House Chief of Staff under George HW Bush
1939-07-02 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek politician and poet
1940-07-02 - Kenneth Harry Clarke, British politician
1942-07-02 - Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
1943-07-02 - Walter Godefroot, Belgian cyclist
1946-07-02 - Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1946-07-02 - Ron Silver, American actor
1947-07-02 - Larry David, American television producer
1949-07-02 - Roy Bittan, American musician (E Street Band)
1953-07-02 - Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
1954-07-02 - Pete Briquette, English musician (Boomtown Rats)
1955-07-02 - Andrew Divoff, Venezuelan actor
1955-07-02 - Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
1956-07-02 - Jerry Hall, American actress
1957-07-02 - Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadian wrestler
1958-07-02 - Thomas Bickerton, American Methodist bishop
1959-07-02 - Mike Hallett, English snooker player
1960-07-02 - Terry Rossio, American screenwriter
1964-07-02 - José Canseco, Cuban baseball player
1964-07-02 - Ozzie Canseco, Cuban baseball player
1964-07-02 - Joe Magrane, Amerian baseball player
1964-07-02 - Charles Robinson, American wrestling referee
1970-07-02 - Yancy Butler, American actress
1970-07-02 - Colin Edwin, Australian musician (Porcupine Tree)
1970-07-02 - Scott Garland, American wrestler
1970-07-02 - Monie Love, English rapper
1970-07-02 - Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
1971-07-02 - Evelyn Lau, Canadian author
1973-07-02 - Peter Kay , British comedian
1974-07-02 - Sean Casey, American baseball player
1974-07-02 - Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
1974-07-02 - Matthew Reilly, Australian author
1974-07-02 - Rocky Gray, American musician
1975-07-02 - Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin)
1976-07-02 - Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer
1976-07-02 - Tomáš Vokoun, Czech hockey player
1978-07-02 - Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician
1979-07-02 - Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver
1979-07-02 - Joe Thornton, Canadian hockey player
1981-07-02 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American youth rights activist
1981-07-02 - Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983-07-02 - Michelle Branch, American musician
1984-07-02 - Johnny Weir, American figure skater
1985-07-02 - Rhett Bomar, American football player
1985-07-02 - Chad Henne, American football player
1985-07-02 - Ashley Tisdale, American actress
1986-07-02 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
1986-07-02 - Choi Dae Hyun, South Korean model

Bizarre


2006-07-02 - Build A Scarecrow Day
2006-07-02 - I Forgot Day
2006-07-02 - World UFO Day
2007-07-02 - Build A Scarecrow Day
2007-07-02 - I Forgot Day
2007-07-02 - World UFO Day

Deaths


2019-07-02 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle)
2019-07-02 - Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
1298-07-02 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans
1504-07-02 - Åžtefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
1566-07-02 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
1582-07-02 - Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
1591-07-02 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1621-07-02 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
1656-07-02 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
1674-07-02 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
1684-07-02 - John Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
1743-07-02 - Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1746-07-02 - Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
1778-07-02 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
1778-07-02 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1833-07-02 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1843-07-02 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
1850-07-02 - Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
1903-07-02 - Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
1912-07-02 - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
1915-07-02 - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
1920-07-02 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
1926-07-02 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
1929-07-02 - Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
1932-07-02 - Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1934-07-02 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
1937-07-02 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator (b. 1897)
1955-07-02 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1961-07-02 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1964-07-02 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
1966-07-02 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
1969-07-02 - Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
1972-07-02 - Joseph Smith, president of the LDS (b. 1876)
1973-07-02 - Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
1973-07-02 - Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
1973-07-02 - George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
1977-07-02 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
1985-07-02 - David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
1986-07-02 - Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
1989-07-02 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet foreign minister (b. 1909)
1991-07-02 - Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
1991-07-02 - Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1950)
1993-07-02 - Fred Gwynne, American Actor (b. 1926)
1994-07-02 - Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (murdered) (b. 1967)
1997-07-02 - Jimmy Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
1999-07-02 - Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
2000-07-02 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2004-07-02 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
2004-07-02 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
2005-07-02 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
2006-07-02 - Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)

Declared


2007-07-02 - Canada Day. Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed on July 2.

Events


2033-07-02 - Julius I is elected pope.
2045-07-02 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
2019-07-02 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
2060-07-02 - Boniface III becomes Pope.
1985-07-02 - Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
1990-07-02 - A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel leads to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.
1994-07-02 - Billie Joe Armstrong marries Adrienne Nesser
2000-07-02 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
2002-07-02 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2003-07-02 - International Olympic Committee selects Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2004-07-02 - ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) accepts Pakistan as the 24th member.
2005-07-02 - Ten Live 8 concerts are held around the world in an attempt to force G8 countries to address poverty.
1298-07-02 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1561-07-02 - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
1578-07-02 - Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.
1644-07-02 - English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
1679-07-02 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1776-07-02 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a public Declaration of Independence is not formally printed for the masses until July 4.
1777-07-02 - Vermont becomes the first American state to abolish slavery.
1808-07-02 - Simon Fraser reaches Pacific near New Westminster.
1839-07-02 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
1850-07-02 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1853-07-02 - The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
1863-07-02 - American Civil War: Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1878-07-02 - The Brighton Beach Line (now the BMT Brighton Line) opens in the then-city of Brooklyn.
1881-07-02 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1890-07-02 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1900-07-02 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1917-07-02 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
1937-07-02 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
1940-07-02 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose arrested and detained in Calcutta.
1941-07-02 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. German soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder.
1947-07-02 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
1950-07-02 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
1962-07-02 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1963-07-02 - The crash of Mohawk Airlines Flight 121 in a thunderstorm kills 7 people
1964-07-02 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.
1966-07-02 - The French military explode their nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
1969-07-02 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience break up.
1973-07-02 - Match Game begins its 1970s run.
1976-07-02 - North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1977-07-02 - "Pretty Vacant" becomes the third single to be released by The Sex Pistols, the only song performed on Top of the Pops during their heyday.
1979-07-02 - The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1982-07-02 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
1983-07-02 - The Police release their final album, "Synchronicity", which would eventually spend 17 weeks at #1 on the U.S. album chart



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