Tuesday July 2, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 2: Day of the Week

July 2, 2024 is the 184th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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 Event(s)

1555
The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
1644
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
1698
Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1776
The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
1777
Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
1839
Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
1964
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
1976
Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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?

1821
Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1915)
1903
Alec Douglas-Home, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1917
Murry Wilson, American songwriter and record producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
1941
Stéphane Venne, French-Canadian songwriter
1969
Tim Rodber, England rugby player
1971
Troy Brown, American football player
1974
Matthew Reilly, Australian author
1981
Carlos Rogers, American football player
1984
Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
1985
Chad Henne, American football player

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