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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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)

1298
The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
1561
Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
1613
The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
1644
English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
1871
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
1881
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
1917
The East St. Louis Riots end.
1976
Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1986
Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana where burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

Who were born on July 2?

1862
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
1896
Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (d. 1965)
1915
Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Italy-born British peer
1916
Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1948
Saul Rubinek, Canadian actor
1957
Purvis Short, American basketball player
1964
Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball player
1970
Monie Love, English rapper
1975
Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player
1990
Danny Rose, English footballer

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