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This date marks the halfway point of the year. In common years, the midpoint of the year occurs at noon on this date, while in leap years, it occurs at midnight (start of the day).

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[437]] &ndash; Emperor [[Valentinian III]] begins his reign over the [[Western Roman Empire]]. His mother [[Galla Placidia]] ends her [[Regent|regency]], but continues to exercise [[Politics|political]] influence at the court in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Atkinson|first=Kenneth|title=Empress Galla Placidia and the Fall of the Roman Empire|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2020|isbn=9781476682358|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mDnlDwAAQBAJ|page=134}}</ref>
* [[626]] &ndash; [[Li Shimin]], the future [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]], ambushes and kills his rival brothers [[Li Yuanji]] and [[Li Jiancheng]] in the [[Xuanwu Gate Incident]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chen|first=Jack Wei|title=The Poetics of Sovereignty: On Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=2010|isbn=9780674056084|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wlDivOQGakC|pages=23–25}}</ref>
* [[706]] &ndash; In [[China]], [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]] inters the bodies of relatives in the [[Qianling Mausoleum]], located on [[Mount Liang]] outside [[Chang'an]].
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Battle of Brissarthe]]: The [[Francia|Franks]] led by [[Robert the Strong]] are defeated by a joint [[Bretons|Breton]]-[[Vikings|Viking]] army.
* [[936]] &ndash; King [[Henry the Fowler]] dies in his [[Kaiserpfalz|royal palace]] in [[Memleben]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]], who becomes the ruler of [[East Francia]].
* [[963]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine army]] proclaims [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] [[Byzantine emperor|Emperor of the Romans]] on the plains outside [[Kayseri|Cappadocian Caesarea]].
*[[1298]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Göllheim]] is fought between [[Albert I of Habsburg]] and [[Adolf, King of the Romans|Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg]].
*[[1494]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] is ratified by Spain.
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Bogdan III the One-Eyed]] becomes [[Voivode]] of [[Moldavia]].
*[[1555]] &ndash; Ottoman Admiral [[Turgut Reis]] sacks the Italian city of [[Paola, Calabria|Paola]].
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Menas of Ethiopia|Menas, emperor of Ethiopia]], defeats a revolt in [[Emfraz]].
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yamazaki]]: [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] defeats [[Akechi Mitsuhide]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; The first English expedition (from [[Virginia]]) against [[Acadia]] led by [[Samuel Argall]] takes place.
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Marston Moor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Marston Moor 1644, Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton - 1000020 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000020 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Battle of Alford]]: [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]].
*[[1698]] &ndash; [[Thomas Savery]] patents the first [[steam engine]].
*[[1723]] &ndash; Bach's [[Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a|Magnificat]] is first performed.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000012?lang=en| title = Magnificat in E flat major [first version] BWV 243.1; BWV 243a; BC E 13 / Magnificat (The Visitation of Mary [2 July])| work = [[Bach Digital]]| access-date = 28 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; On the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Feast of the Visitation]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his ''{{lang|de|[[Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10|Meine Seel erhebt den Herren]]}}'', BWV{{nbsp}}10, the fifth cantata of his [[chorale cantata cycle]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000303?lang=en | title = Meine Seel erhebt den Herren BWV 10; BC A 175 | work = [[Bach Digital]] | access-date = 24 June 2024}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[Second Continental Congress|Continental Congress]] adopts the [[Lee Resolution]] severing ties with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], although the wording of the formal [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] is not adopted until [[July 4]].
*[[1816]] &ndash; The {{ship|French frigate|Méduse|1810|6}} strikes the [[Bay of Arguin|Bank of Arguin]] and 151 people on board have to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by [[Théodore Géricault|Géricault]]'s painting ''[[The Raft of the Medusa]]''.
*[[1822]] &ndash; Thirty-five slaves, including [[Denmark Vesey]], are hanged in [[South Carolina]] after being accused of organizing a [[slave rebellion]].
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Bahia]] Independence Day: The end of [[Portuguese rule in Brazil]], with [[Siege of Salvador|the final defeat]] of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
*[[1839]] &ndash; Twenty miles off the coast of [[Cuba]], 53 kidnapped Africans led by [[Joseph Cinqué]] mutiny and take over the slave ship ''[[La Amistad|Amistad]]''.
*[[1840]] &ndash; A {{M|s}} [[1840 Ahora earthquake|7.4 earthquake]] strikes present-day Turkey and Armenia; combined with the effects of an eruption on [[Mount Ararat]], kills 10,000 people.<ref name="KarakhanianOther2004a">{{cite journal |last1=Karakhanian|first1=A.S. |last2=Trifonov|first2=V.G. |last3=Philip|first3=H. |last4=Avagyan|first4=A. |last5=Hessami|first5=K. |last6=Jamali|first6=F. |last7=Bayraktutan|first7=M. S. |last8=Bagdassarian|first8=H. |last9=Arakelian|first9=S. |last10=Davtian|first10=V. |last11=Adilkhanyan |first11=A. |title = Active faulting and natural hazards in Armenia, Eastern Turkey and North-Western Iran |journal=[[Tectonophysics (journal)|Tectonophysics]] |year=2004 |volume=380 |issue=3–4 |pages=189–219 |doi = 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.09.020 |bibcode=2004Tectp.380..189K }}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; The Russian Army crosses the Prut river into the [[Danubian Principalities]] ([[Moldavia]] and [[Wallachia]]), providing the spark that will [[Crimean War#First hostilities|set off the Crimean War]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Dimitri Atanasescu]] founds the first Romanian school in the Balkans for the [[Aromanians]] in [[Trnovo, Bitola|Trnovo]], in the Ottoman Empire (now in [[North Macedonia]]).<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_14746_bp_2015_22_8|title=The Aromanian-Romanian national movement (1859-1905): an analytical model|first=Vladimir|last=Crețulescu|journal=Balcanica Posnaniensia. Acta et studia|volume=22|issue=1|pages=99–121|year=2015|doi=10.14746/bp.2015.22.8|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy]] enters Rome after having conquered it from the [[Papal States]].
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Charles J. Guiteau]] shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President [[James A. Garfield]] (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
*[[1890]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; British-Italian engineer [[Guglielmo Marconi]] obtains a patent for [[History of radio|radio]] in London.
*[[1900]] &ndash; An [[airship]] designed and constructed by Count [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]] of Germany made its first flight on [[Lake Constance]] near Friedrichshafen.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=16|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[Finlandia]]'' receives its première performance in Helsinki with the [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra|Helsinki Philharmonic Society]] conducted by [[Robert Kajanus]].

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: U.S. President [[Warren G. Harding]] signs the [[Knox–Porter Resolution]] formally ending the war between the United States and [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]. 
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Night of the Long Knives]] ends after three days of killings.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart {{!}} Biography, Disappearance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; Indian independence leader [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] is arrested and detained in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].
*  1940   &ndash; The [[SS Arandora Star|SS ''Arandora Star'']] is sunk by [[U-47 (1938)|U-47]] in the [[North Atlantic]] with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians. 
*[[1962]] &ndash; The first [[Walmart]] store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in [[Rogers, Arkansas]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
*[[1966]] &ndash; France conducts its first [[1966–70 French nuclear tests|nuclear weapon test]] in the Pacific, on [[Moruroa]] Atoll.
*[[1976]] &ndash; End of [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam|South Vietnam]]; Communist [[North Vietnam]] annexes the former [[South Vietnam]] to form the unified [[Vietnam|Socialist Republic of Vietnam]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri|Rodrigo Rojas]] and [[Carmen Gloria Quintana]] are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|dictatorship]] of General [[Augusto Pinochet]] in [[Chile]].
*  1986   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2306]] crashes while attempting an emergency landing at [[Syktyvkar Airport]] in [[Syktyvkar]], in present-day [[Komi Republic]], [[Russia]], killing 54 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134AK CCCP-65120 Kopsa|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860702-1|access-date=2021-05-18|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Marcel Lefebvre]] and [[Econe consecrations|the four bishops]] he consecrated were [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] by the [[Holy See]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APOSTOLIC LETTER "ECCLESIA DEI"|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; In the [[1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy]], 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of [[Mecca]].<ref>{{cite news|title=1,400 Reported Killed in Mecca Tunnel Crush|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 3, 1990|access-date=July 2, 2020|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-03-mn-607-story.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=A History of Hajj Tragedies|work=The Guardian|date=13 January 2006|access-date=July 2, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/13/saudiarabia}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[USAir Flight 1016]] crashes near [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]], killing 37 of the 57 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N954VJ Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940702-0|access-date=2019-07-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; The Bank of Thailand floats the [[baht]], triggering the [[1997 Asian financial crisis|Asian financial crisis]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Vicente Fox Quesada]] is elected the first [[President of Mexico|President of México]] from an opposition party, the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|Partido Acción Nacional]], after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|Partido Revolucionario Institucional]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[AbioCor]] self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Steve Fossett]] becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fossett's balloon challenge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2078121.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=3 April 2021 |date=2 July 2002}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Live 8]] benefit concerts takes 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.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Colombian conflict]]: [[Íngrid Betancourt]], a member of the [[Chamber of Representatives of Colombia]], is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion|South Kivu tank truck explosion]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] kills at least 230 people.
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[International Astronomical Union]] names [[Moons of Pluto|Pluto's fourth and fifth moons]], [[Kerberos (moon)|Kerberos]] and [[Styx (moon)|Styx]].
*  2013   &ndash; A magnitude 6.1 [[2013 Aceh earthquake|earthquake strikes]] [[Aceh]], [[Indonesia]], killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[2024 Uttar Pradesh stampede|A stampede]] during a religious event in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hrishikesh |first=Sharanya |title=Hathras crush: More than 120 killed at religious event in India |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2g7wgj83no |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Shivam |last2=Sharma |first2=Saurabh |date=3 July 2024 |title=India stampede killed 121 in wake of massive overcrowding, police say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/massive-overcrowding-led-stampede-indias-hathras-document-says-2024-07-03/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Raj |first=Suhasini |last2=Yasir |first2=Sameer |last3=Kumar |first3=Hari |date=2024-07-02 |title=Stampede at Religious Gathering in India Kills More Than 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/world/asia/india-stampede-religious-event.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[419]] &ndash; [[Valentinian III]], Roman emperor (died 455)
*[[1363]] &ndash; [[Maria, Queen of Sicily]] (died 1401)
*[[1478]] &ndash; [[Louis V, Elector Palatine]] (died 1544)
*[[1486]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Sansovino]], Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)
*[[1489]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cranmer]], English archbishop, theologian, and saint (died 1556)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)|Elizabeth Tudor]], English daughter of [[Henry VII of England]] (died 1495)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Federico Cesi (cardinal)]], Italian cardinal (died 1565)
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby]], English noblewoman and head of state of the Isle of Man (died 1627)
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Theodoor Rombouts]], Flemish painter (died 1637)

===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (died 1730)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Arp Schnitger]], German organ builder (died 1719)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Samuel Penhallow]], English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal)|Pietro Ottoboni]], Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1740)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], German composer (died 1787)<ref>{{NDB|6|466|469|Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von|Hans Schmid|118539841}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock]], German poet and author (died 1803)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Francisco Javier Echeverría]], Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) (died 1852)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10060/Francisco%20Javier%20Echeverria|publisher=Busca Biografias|title=Francisco Javier Echeverría|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> 
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Charles-Louis Hanon]], French pianist and composer (died 1900)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[George Law Curry]], American publisher and politician, 5th [[List of Governors of Oregon|Governor of the Oregon Territory]] (died 1878)
*  1820   &ndash; [[Juan N. Méndez]], Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (died 1894)<ref>{{citation|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-n-mendez/|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=JUAN N. MÉNDEZ|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=es|archive-date=May 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528055920/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-n-mendez/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Charles Tupper]], Canadian physician and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (died 1915)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Émile Ollivier]], French statesman (died 1913)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack]], Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919)|Maria Theresa of Austria-Este]] (died 1919)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[William Henry Bragg]], English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1942)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Lily Braun]], German author and publicist (died 1916)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Liane de Pougy]], French-Swiss dancer and author (died 1950)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Harriet Brooks]], Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Wilhelm Cuno]], German businessman and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (died 1933)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Hermann Hesse]], German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1962)
*  1877   &ndash; [[Rinaldo Cuneo]], American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (died 1939)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Royal Hurlburt Weller]], American lawyer and politician (died 1929)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Alfons Maria Jakob]], German neurologist and author (died 1931)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Ralph Hancock (landscape gardener)|Ralph Hancock]], Welsh gardener and author (died 1950)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Tyrone Guthrie]], English actor and director (died 1971)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Sophie Harris]], English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera (died 1966)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[K. Kanapathypillai]], Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Alec Douglas-Home]], English cricketer and politician, 66th [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1995)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Olav V of Norway]] (died 1991)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[René Lacoste]], French tennis player and businessman, created the [[polo shirt]] (died 1996)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Hans Bethe]], German-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2005)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Károly Kárpáti]], Hungarian Jewish wrestler (died 1996)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Séra Martin]], French middle-distance runner (died 1993)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Thurgood Marshall]], American lawyer and [[civil rights]] activist, 32nd [[Solicitor General of the United States]], and former [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (died 1993)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Reg Parnell]], English race car driver and manager (died 1964)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Max Beloff, Baron Beloff]], English historian and academic (died 1999)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Frederick Fennell]], American conductor and educator (died 2004)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Ethelreda Leopold]], American actress (died 1988)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Mário Schenberg]], Brazilian physicist and engineer (died 1990)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Erich Topp]], German admiral (died 2005)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington]], British peer, politician and soldier (died 2014)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Ken Curtis]], American actor and singer (died 1991)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Hans-Ulrich Rudel]], German colonel and pilot (died 1982)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Reino Kangasmäki]], Finnish wrestler (died 2010)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Zélia Gattai]], Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Leonard J. Arrington]], American author and academic, founded the [[Mormon History Association]] (died 1999)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Athos Bulcão]], Brazilian painter and sculptor (died 2008)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Indumati Bhattacharya]], Indian politician (died 1990)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Jean Craighead George]], American author (died 2012)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[John Kneubuhl]], Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1992)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Pierre Cardin]], Italian-French fashion designer (died 2020)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Paula Valenska]], Czech actress (died 1994)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]], American soldier and author (died 1958)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Wisława Szymborska]], Polish poet and translator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2012)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Chia-ying Yeh]], Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/J61MIELH05258K7A.html|title=百岁叶嘉莹：在自己的节奏里，过好这一生|publisher=163.com|date=2 July 2024|accessdate=2 July 2024|language=zh}}</ref> (died 2024)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Medgar Evers]], American soldier and activist (died 1963)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Patrice Lumumba]], Congolese politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (died 1961)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Marvin Rainwater]], American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Octavian Paler]], Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Lee Allen (musician)|Lee Allen]], American saxophone player (died 1994)
*  1927   &ndash; [[James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]]
*  1927   &ndash; [[Brock Peters]], American actor (died 2005)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Imelda Marcos]], Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Jamal]], American jazz musician (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/obituaries/ahmad-jamal-jazz-dead.html|title=Ahmad Jamal, Whose Spare Style Redefined Jazz Piano, Dies at 92|last=Grode|first=Eric|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 16, 2023|access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Carlos Menem]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th [[President of Argentina]] (died 2021)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Yazdi]], Iranian cleric (died 2020)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Dave Thomas (businessman)|Dave Thomas]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Wendy's]] (died 2002)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Peter Desbarats]], Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 2014)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Kenny Wharram]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Tom Springfield]], English musician (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-springfield-mn0000616982 |title=Tom Springfield – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |website=AllMusic |date=2 July 1934 |access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Kalish]], American pianist and educator
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Omar Suleiman (politician)|Omar Suleiman]], Egyptian general and politician, 16th [[Vice President of Egypt]] (died 2012)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Polly Holliday]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Polly Holliday Biography (1937-)|publisher=Filmreference.com|year=2010|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/11/Polly-Holliday.html|access-date=2010-11-17}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Richard Petty]], American race car driver and sportscaster
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[David Owen]], English physician and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Alexandros Panagoulis]], Greek poet and politician (died 1976)
*  1939   &ndash; [[John H. Sununu]], American engineer and politician, 14th [[White House Chief of Staff]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer (died 1973)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Clarke]], English politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut)|Georgi Ivanov]], Bulgarian military officer, cosmonaut and politician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=77}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[William Guest (singer)|William Guest]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015) 
*  1941   &ndash; [[Wendell Mottley]], Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[John Eekelaar]], South African-English lawyer and scholar
*  1942   &ndash; [[Vicente Fox]], Mexican businessman and politician, 35th [[President of Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/3690/Vicente%20Fox%20Quesada|title=Vicente Fox Quesada|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ivi Eenmaa]], Estonian politician, 36th [[Mayor of Tallinn]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Larry Lake (musician)|Larry Lake]], American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Richard Axel]], American neuroscientist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1946   &ndash; [[Ron Silver]], American actor, director, and political activist (died 2009)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Larry David]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/larry-david/bio/180721|title=Larry David Biography|magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]|archive-date=July 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718192122/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/larry-david/bio/180721}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton]], English politician, [[Minister for International Security Strategy]]
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Mutula Kilonzo]], Kenyan lawyer and politician (died 2013)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]], American musician<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/greg-brown-mn0000800426/biography "Greg Brown Biography"] Retrieved 19 August 2015</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Robert Paquette]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>[https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-paquette-emc Robert Paquette], [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]].</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Lynne Brindley]], English librarian and academic
*  1950   &ndash; [[Jon Trickett]], English politician
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Rivera]], American transgender rights activist (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/sylvia-rivera|title="Hell Hath No Fury like a Drag Queen Scorned": Sylvia Rivera's Activism, Resistance, and Resilience · Challenging Gender Boundaries: A Trans Biography Project · outhistory.org|website=outhistory.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-01}}</ref> 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Anatoliy Solomin]], Ukrainian race walker and coach
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Chris Huhne]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change]]
*  1954   &ndash; [[Wendy Schaal]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schaal, Wendy 1954– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/schaal-wendy-1954 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Kim Carr]], Australian educator and politician, 31st [[Minister for Human Services|Australian Minister for Human Services]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jerry Hall]], American model and actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Hall featured article: TheGenealogist|url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2015/who-do-you-think-you-are/jerry-hall-265/|access-date=September 4, 2015}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Bret Hart]], Canadian wrestler
*  1957   &ndash; [[Jüri Raidla]], Estonian lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Justice (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Justice]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Purvis Short]], American basketball player
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Pavan Malhotra]], Indian actor
*  1959   &ndash; [[Erwin Olaf]], Dutch photographer (died 2023) <ref>{{cite web|url= https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fartists%2F60396|title= RKD Research. Erwin Olaf}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Maria Lourdes Sereno]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]]
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Clark Kellogg]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Neil Williams (cricketer)|Neil Williams]], English cricketer (died 2006)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jose Canseco]], Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
*  1964   &ndash; [[Ozzie Canseco]], Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
*  1964   &ndash; [[Joe Magrane]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*  1964   &ndash; [[Alan Tait]], English-Scottish rugby player and coach
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Norbert Röttgen]], German lawyer and politician
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Tim Rodber]], English rugby player
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Derrick Adkins]], American hurdler
*  1970   &ndash; [[Steve Morrow]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Troy Brown]], American football player and actor
*  1971   &ndash; [[Bryan Redpath]], Scottish rugby player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Darren Shan]], Irish author<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.darrenshan.com/facts/index.html|title= Darren Shan Biography|access-date= 2008-06-06|publisher= Darrenshan.com|archive-date= 2014-02-16|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140216235236/http://www.darrenshan.com/facts/index.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sean Casey (baseball)|Sean Casey]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Éric Dazé]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Kristen Michal]], Estonian lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite web|title=Kristan Michal|url=http://www.just.ee/7730|publisher=Justice Ministry|access-date=11 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208052011/http://www.just.ee/7730|archive-date=8 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Erik Ohlsson (musician)|Erik Ohlsson]], Swedish singer and guitarist 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Reaser]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-24 |title=Elizabeth Reaser - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024120323/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-24 |access-date=2023-05-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |title=Thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes but my bday is July 2. 🥴🥰🙏🏼 |user=reasereaser |number=1139966575987965952 |access-date=2023-05-04 |via=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Stefan Terblanche]], South African rugby player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976)|Krisztián Lisztes]], Hungarian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tomáš Vokoun]], Czech-American ice hockey player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ľudovít Ódor]], Prime minister of Slovakia<ref name=nbs.sk>{{Cite web |url=https://nbs.sk/o-narodnej-banke/bankova-rada-nbs/viceguverner-narodnej-banky-slovenska/ |title=Viceguvernér Národnej banky Slovenska |date=18 September 2019 |publisher=[[National Bank of Slovakia]] |language=sk |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520112812/https://nbs.sk/o-narodnej-banke/bankova-rada-nbs/viceguverner-narodnej-banky-slovenska/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Deniz Barış]], Turkish footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Jüri Ratas]], Estonian politician, 42nd [[Mayor of Tallinn]]
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Walter Davis (triple jumper)|Walter Davis]], American triple jumper
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ahmed al-Ghamdi]], Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of [[United Airlines Flight 175]] (died 2001)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Sam Hornish Jr.]], American race car driver
*  1979   &ndash; [[Joe Thornton]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Nyjer Morgan]], American baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Nathan Ellington]], English footballer 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Carlos Rogers (American football)|Carlos Rogers]], American football player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Michelle Branch]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kyle Hogg]], English cricketer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Thomas Kortegaard]], Danish footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Johnny Weir]], American figure skater
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Rhett Bomar]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Chad Henne]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ashley Tisdale]], American actress, singer, and producer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ashley-tisdale-mn0000469519|title = Ashley Tisdale &#124; Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Brett Cecil]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Lindsay Lohan]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10536573|work=BBC|title=Lindsay Lohan's chequered life in the spotlight|date=July 7, 2010|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Esteban Granero]], Spanish footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Lee Chung-yong]], South Korean footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Nadezhda Grishaeva]], Russian basketball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Alex Morgan]], American soccer player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Kayla Harrison]], American judoka<ref>{{cite web|title=Kayla Harrison|url=https://www.olympic.org/kayla-harrison|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Merritt Mathias]], American soccer player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Morag McLellan]], Scottish field hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 - Morag McLellan Profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1029029/morag_mclellan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803065452/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1029029/morag_mclellan.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |website=results.glasgow2014.com |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Margot Robbie]], Australian actress and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Margot Robbie {{!}} Biography, Movies, Wolf of Wall Street, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margot-Robbie |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Danny Rose (footballer, born 1990)|Danny Rose]], English footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Bill Tupou]], New Zealand rugby league player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Madison Chock]], American ice dancer<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010533.htm |title= Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041234/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010533.htm |archive-date= July 19, 2011 |url-status= live }}</ref> 
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Vince Staples]], American rapper and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/things-about-vince-staples/wlgzeRFt3wK0w43u5lffCI/|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|title=5 things about Vince Staples|access-date=November 22, 2018}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Saweetie]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-03|title=Saweetie Threw A Freaknik Themed Birthday Party And The Lewks Were Everything!|url=https://hellobeautiful.com/3400959/saweetie-freaknik-birthday-party/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703174348/https://hellobeautiful.com/3400959/saweetie-freaknik-birthday-party/|archive-date=2021-07-03|access-date=2021-07-03|website=HelloBeautiful|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Henrik Kristoffersen]], Norwegian skier
*  1994   &ndash; [[Derrick White]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Derrick White Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/whitede01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Ryan Murphy (swimmer)|Ryan Murphy]], American swimmer
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Julia Grabher]], Austrian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julia Grabher {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320316/julia-grabher |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[626]] &ndash; [[Li Jiancheng]], Chinese prince (born 589)
*   626   &ndash; [[Li Yuanji]], Chinese prince (born 603)
* [[649]] &ndash; [[Li Jing (Tang dynasty)|Li Jing]], Chinese general (born 571)
* [[862]] &ndash; [[Swithun]], English bishop and saint (born 789)
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Robert the Strong]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]]
* [[936]] &ndash; [[Henry the Fowler]], German king (born 876)
*[[1298]] &ndash; [[Adolf, King of the Romans]] (born 1220)
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] (born 1434)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Nostradamus]], French astrologer and author (born 1503)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Thomas Doughty (explorer)|Thomas Doughty]], English explorer 
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Akechi Mitsuhide]], Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1528)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Galilei]], Italian [[lute]] player and composer (born 1520)

===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (born 1547)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Thomas Harriot]], English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (born 1560)
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[François-Marie, comte de Broglie]], Italian-French general (born 1611)
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg]] (born 1614)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1673)<ref>{{cite web |title=Spencer Compton, earl of Wilmington {{!}} English noble |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Spencer-Compton-earl-of-Wilmington-Viscount-Pevensey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Thomas Baker (antiquarian)|Thomas Baker]], English antiquarian and author (born 1656)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], Swiss philosopher and composer (born 1712)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Gervasio Antonio de Posadas]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] (born 1757)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Samuel Hahnemann]], German physician and academic (born 1755)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Robert Peel]], English lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1788)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Carlo Pisacane]], Italian soldier and philosopher (born 1818)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Ed Delahanty]], American baseball player (born 1867)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Tom Richardson (cricketer)|Tom Richardson]], English cricketer (born 1870)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Joseph Chamberlain]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (born 1836)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Porfirio Díaz]], Mexican general and politician, 29th [[President of Mexico]] (born 1830)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[William Louis Marshall]], American general and engineer (born 1846)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Émile Coué]], French psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Gladys Brockwell]], American actress (born 1894)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Manuel II of Portugal]] (born 1889)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Thomas William Burgess]], English swimmer and water polo player (born 1872)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Edward Lawson (VC)|Edward Lawson]], English soldier, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1873)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Ernest Hemingway]], American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1899)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Alicia Patterson]], American publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (born 1906)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Fireball Roberts]], American race car driver (born 1929)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jan Brzechwa]], Polish poet and author (born 1900)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jessie Street]], Australian suffragette and feminist (born 1889)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Radi |first1=Heather |title=Street, Lady Jessie Mary (1889–1970) |id2=street-lady-jessie-mary-11789 |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Joseph Fielding Smith]], American religious leader, 10th [[List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (born 1876)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Betty Grable]], American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1916)
*  1973   &ndash; [[George McBride]], American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ferdinand Schörner]], German field marshal (born 1892)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[James Robertson Justice]], English actor (born 1907)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Nabokov]], Russian-born novelist and critic (born 1899)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Aris Alexandrou]], Greek author and poet (born 1922)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Peanuts Lowrey]], American baseball player and manager (born 1917)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Vibert Douglas]], Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1894)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Andrei Gromyko]], Soviet economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1909)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Snooky Lanson]], American singer (born 1914)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lee Remick]], American actress (born 1935)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Fred Gwynne]], American actor (born 1926)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Andrés Escobar]], Colombian footballer (born 1967)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Lloyd MacPhail]], Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] (born 1920)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[James Stewart]], American actor (born 1908)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Mario Puzo]], American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Joey Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1952)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], American bassist and composer (born 1926)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Briggs Cunningham]], American race car driver and businessman (born 1907)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Mochtar Lubis]], Indonesian journalist and author (born 1922)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Ernest Lehman]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Norm Prescott]], American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded [[Filmation|Filmation Studios]] (born 1927)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jan Murray]], American comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1916)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Beverly Sills]], American operatic soprano and television personality (born 1929)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Natasha Shneider]], Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (born 1956)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], English actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Beryl Bainbridge]], English screenwriter and author (born 1932)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Itamar Franco]], Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd [[President of Brazil]] (born 1930)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Maurice Chevit]], French actor and screenwriter (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Julian Goodman]], American journalist (born 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Angelo Mangiarotti]], Italian architect and academic (born 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Betty Meggers]], American archaeologist and academic (born 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ed Stroud]], American baseball player (born 1939)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Anthony G. Bosco]], American bishop (born 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Douglas Engelbart]], American computer scientist, invented the [[mouse (computing)|computer mouse]] (born 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Armand Gaudreault]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Anthony Llewellyn]], Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (born 1933)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Emilio Álvarez Montalván]], Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (born 1919)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Manuel Cardona]], Spanish physicist and academic (born 1934)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe]] (born 1915)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Harold W. Kuhn]], American mathematician and academic (born 1925)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Louis Zamperini]], American runner and World War II [[United States Army Air Forces|US Army Air Forces]] captain (born 1917)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ronald Davison]], New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th [[Chief Justice of New Zealand]] (born 1920) 
*  2015   &ndash; [[Charlie Sanders]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jim Weaver (athletic director)|Jim Weaver]], American football player and coach (born 1945)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jacobo Zabludovsky]], Mexican journalist (born 1928)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Caroline Aherne]], English actress and comedian (born 1963)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Michael Cimino]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Patrick Manning]], 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1946)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Elie Wiesel]], Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (born 1928)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Vladislav Rastorotsky]], a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/2|title= Famous Deaths on July 2|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-29}}</ref>
*  2017   &ndash; [[Smith Hart]], American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dormer|first=Dave|date=2017-07-02|title=Former Stampede Wrestling star Smith Hart dies at 68|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/smith-hart-cancer-death-1.4188445|access-date=2021-07-01}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Alan Longmuir]],  Scottish musician (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/2|title=Famous Deaths on July 2|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Lee Iacocca]], American automotive executive (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/2|title=Famous Deaths on July 2|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Ángela Jeria]], Chilean archaeologist (born 1926)
*  2020   &ndash; [[Byron Bernstein]], American Twitch streamer (born 1989)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53277733|title=Reckful: Twitch and gamers pay tribute after star's death|work=BBC News|date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Aberoh and Atom]] ([[Coptic Church]])
**[[Bernardino Realino]]
**Feast of the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]] ([[Anglicanism]]; [[Levoča]] at [[Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Levoča|Mariánska hora]])
**[[Monegundis]]
**[[Otto of Bamberg]]
**[[Oudoceus]]
**[[Martinian and Processus]]
**[[Pishoy]] (Coptic Church)
**[[Stephen III of Moldavia]]
**[[July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Flag Day (Curaçao)]] 
*[[Palio di Siena|Palio di Provenzano]] ([[Siena]], [[Italy]])
*[[Police Day (Azerbaijan)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/2 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=02}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/2 |title=Historical Events on July 2 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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