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| Birthday July 02, 0419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55). |
| Birthday July 02, 1489 Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop, reformer, martyr. |
| Birthday July 02, 1821 Sir Charles Tupper, (C), 6th Canadian prime minister (1896). |
| Birthday July 02, 1877 Hermann Hesse, Swiss novelist, poet (Steppenwolf) (Nobel 1946). |
| Birthday July 02, 1903 Olav V, king of Norway (1957-, ). |
| Birthday July 02, 1903 Sir Alex Douglas-Home, (C), British prime minister (1963-64). |
| Birthday July 02, 1906 Hans Bethe, physicist (Nobel 1967), peace worker. |
| Birthday July 02, 1908 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black Supreme Court justice. |
| Birthday July 02, 1922 Dan Rowan, comedian (Laugh In). |
| Birthday July 02, 1927 Brock Peters, Actor. |
| Birthday July 02, 1931 Emelda Marcos, Former Phillipine leader's wife |
| Birthday July 02, 1935 Kaye Stevens, in Pitts |
| Birthday July 02, 1937 Richard Petty, auto race driver. |
| Birthday July 02, 1937 Polly Holliday, (Alice) |
| Birthday July 02, 1940 Georgi Ivan Ivanov, 1st Bulgarian space traveler (Soyuz 33). |
| Birthday July 02, 1947 Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, Daughter of Pres LBJ |
| Birthday July 02, 1951 Cheryl Ladd, in SD |
| Birthday July 02, 1961 Jimmy McNichol, Actor |
| History July 02, 1566 French astrologer physician & prophet Nostradamus dies in Salon |
| History July 02, 1644 Battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists. |
| History July 02, 1644 William Gascoigne introducer of telescopic sights is killed at 24 |
| History July 02, 1776 Congress votes for independence |
| History July 02, 1776 Continental Congress passes resolution saying `these United Colonies Care & of right ought to be Free & Independent States' |
| History July 02, 1809 Chief Tecumseh urges Indians to unite against whites |
| History July 02, 1839 Mutiny on the Amistad slave ship |
| History July 02, 1858 partial emancipation of Russian serfs. |
| History July 02, 1863 Fighting continues at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| History July 02, 1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker Garfield died the following September |
| History July 02, 1881 President Garfield shot |
| History July 02, 1881 President Garfield is shot |
| History July 02, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies. |
| History July 02, 1900 Zeppelin demonstrates airship |
| History July 02, 1900 1st flight of a Zeppelin (the LZ-1). |
| History July 02, 1906 Yanks win by forfeit for their 1st time |
| History July 02, 1917 Greece declares war on Central Powers |
| History July 02, 1926 US Army Air Corps created |
| History July 02, 1933 Carl Hubbell shutsout Cards 1-0 in 18 innings |
| History July 02, 1937 Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean |
| History July 02, 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears |
| History July 02, 1938 Helen Wills Moody wins final Wimbledon |
| History July 02, 1941 DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak |
| History July 02, 1944 American bombers deluge Budapest, in more ways than one |
| History July 02, 1947 Soviet Union rejects Marshall Plan assistance |
| History July 02, 1955 Lawrence Welk Show premiers on ABC television |
| History July 02, 1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-The Seawolf |
| History July 02, 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched Grayback |
| History July 02, 1961 Maris hits his 29th & 30th of 61 homers |
| History July 02, 1961 Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho |
| History July 02, 1964 Republican Congressional leaders attack Johnson's policy |
| History July 02, 1964 Pres Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. |
| History July 02, 1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual |
| History July 02, 1977 Sweden's Bjorn Borg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors |
| History July 02, 1977 Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky') is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts |
| History July 02, 1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start |
| History July 02, 1982 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth |
| History July 02, 1985 Proto launched on its way to Halley's Comet |
| History July 02, 1986 The Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings |
| History July 02, 1987 Accused Nazi Karl Linnas died of heart failure in Russia |
| History July 02, 1987 Chorus Line Director Michael Bennet dead of aids at 44 |
| History July 02, 1990 Pilgrim stampede kills 1,400 |
| History July 02, 1992 Stephen Hawking breaks British bestseller records |
| History July 02, 1992 Chevrolet builds 1 millionth Corvette |
| History July 02, 1997 Men in Black premieres |