On This Day

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July 2 Birthdays



Richard Petty
RACE CAR DRIVER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1937

BIRTHPLACE
Level Cross, NC

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Sam Hornish Jr.
RACE CAR DRIVER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1979

BIRTHPLACE
Defiance, OH

AGE
39 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer


Ken Curtis
TV ACTOR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
Lamar, CO

DEATH DATE
Apr 28, 1991 (age 74)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer





Lindsay Lohan
MOVIE ACTRESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
July 2, 1986

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
33 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 2 Deaths



Lee Remick
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
December 14, 1935

BIRTHPLACE
Quincy, MA

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1991 (age 55)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Nostradamus
POET

BIRTHDAY
December 14, 1503

BIRTHPLACE
France

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1566 (age 62)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Betty Grable
MOVIE ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
December 18, 1916

BIRTHPLACE
St. Louis, MO

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1973 (age 56)

BIRTH SIGN
Sagittarius




Fred Gwynne
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 10, 1926

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1993 (age 66)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Ernest Hemingway
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
July 21, 1899

BIRTHPLACE
Oak Park, IL

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1961 (age 61)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




James Stewart
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
May 20, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
Indiana, PA

DEATH DATE
Jul 2, 1997 (age 89)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus

What Happened on July 2



626 Incident at Xuanwu Gate: in fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng

1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"

1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia

1964 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law

1990 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia