July 2 On this Day

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July 2 is the 183rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 182 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

1504 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.

1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.

1776 – American Revolution: 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 adopted until July 4.

1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.

1900 – An airship designed and constructed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany made its first flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen.

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.

1962 – The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.

2005 – The Live 8 benefit concerts take place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

Birthdays

 

Events & Remembrances.

1492 – Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England (d. 1495)

1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, and author (d. 1803)

1862 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)

1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player, and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996)

1916 – Ken Curtis, American actor, and singer (d. 1991)

1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 2020)

1925 – Medgar Evers, American soldier, and activist (d. 1963)

1937 – Richard Petty, American race car driver, and sportscaster.

1989 – Alex Morgan, an American soccer player

Events & Observances

Declaration Day

July 2nd does hold significance in American history as the date when the Second Continental Congress voted in favor of independence from Great Britain. This resolution led to the drafting and adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which was formally approved on July 4, 1776.

On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution declaring the thirteen American colonies as independent states, free from British rule. The resolution, known as the Lee Resolution, was proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia and was a crucial step toward the formal Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of Independence, which was primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson, was then debated, and revised by the Continental Congress before its final adoption on July 4th. This date is now celebrated as Independence Day in the United States, marking the country's declaration of independence and the birth of the nation.

 

Others Include.

Build A Scarecrow Day

Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day

National Anthem and Flag Day in Curaçao

National Disco Day

National Report Military Fraud Day

Special Recreation for the Disabled Day

Be Nice to Jersey Week