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Day Of The Week: July 2
July 2, 2025 is the 183rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 182 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Day In History: July 2
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.
Historical Events: July 2
- 437 –Emperor Valentinian III, begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
- 1298 –The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
- 1582 –Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
- 1644 –English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- 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.
- 1839 –Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
- 1900 –The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
- 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 Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
- 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.
Who were born on July 2?
- 1926 –Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (d. 2007)
- 1939 –Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
- 1954 –Pete Briquette, Irish bassist (The Boomtown Rats)
- 1955 –Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist
- 1969 –Tim Rodber, England rugby player
- 1971 –Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player
- 1971 –Evelyn Lau, Canadian poet and novelist
- 1974 –Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
- 1974 –Tim Christensen, Danish singer and multi-instrumentalist (Dizzy Mizz Lizzy)
- 1986 –Lindsay Lohan, American actress
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