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| July 2nd, 2006 (July 02 2006) | Death | Jan Murray, American comedian (born in 1916) | |
| July 2nd, 1986 (July 02 1986) | Birth | Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer | |
| July 2nd, 1986 (July 02 1986) | Death | Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (born in 1917) | |
| July 2nd, 1976 (July 02 1976) | Event | North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. | |
| July 2nd, 1976 (July 02 1976) | Birth | Krisztian Lisztes, Hungarian footballer | |
| July 2nd, 1976 (July 02 1976) | Birth | Tomas Vokoun, Czech hockey player | Tom Ze Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1976 (July 02 1976) | Birth | Ivan Tomic,Croatian buissnesman | |
| July 2nd, 1966 (July 02 1966) | Event | The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldebaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. | |
| July 2nd, 1966 (July 02 1966) | Death | Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (born in 1900) | |
| July 2nd, 1956 (July 02 1956) | Birth | Jerry Hall, American actress | |
| July 2nd, 1946 (July 02 1946) | Birth | Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| July 2nd, 1946 (July 02 1946) | Birth | Ron Silver, American actor | |
| July 2nd, 1926 (July 02 1926) | Birth | Octavian Paler, Romanian writer, journalist, (died in 2007) | |
| July 2nd, 1926 (July 02 1926) | Death | Emile Coue, French psychologist (born in 1857) | |
| July 2nd, 1916 (July 02 1916) | Birth | Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (died in 1991) | |
| July 2nd, 1916 (July 02 1916) | Birth | Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Combat pilot and highest-decorated German soldier of WWII (died in 1982) | |
| July 2nd, 1906 (July 02 1906) | Birth | Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 2005) | |
| July 2nd, 1896 (July 02 1896) | Birth | Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (died in 1965) | |
| July 2nd, 1876 (July 02 1876) | Birth | Wilhelm Cuno, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1933) | |
| July 2nd, 1776 (July 02 1776) | Event | 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. | |
| July 2nd, 1746 (July 02 1746) | Death | Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (born in 1656) | |
| July 2nd, 1656 (July 02 1656) | Death | Francois-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (born in 1611) | |
| July 2nd, 1566 (July 02 1566) | Death | Nostradamus, French astrologer (born in 1503) | Nostradamus Quotes |
| July 2nd, 0706 (July 02 0706) | Event | In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang. | Tom Ze Quotes |
| July 2nd, 0626 (July 02 0626) | Event | In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin s father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China. | |
