Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 2
| 1298 | An army under Albert of Austria defeats forces led by Adolf of Nassua. | |
| 1625 | The Spanish army takes Breda, Spain, after nearly a year of siege. | |
| 1644 | Oliver Cromwell crushes the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor. | |
| 1747 | Marshall Saxe leads the French forces to victory over an Anglo-Dutch force under the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Lauffeld. | |
| 1776 | The Continental Congress resolves that the American colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." | |
| 1822 | Denmark Vesey is executed in Charleston, South Carolina, for planning a massive slave revolt. | |
| 1858 | Czar Alexander II frees the serfs working on imperial lands. | |
| 1863 | The Union left flank holds at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. | |
| 1881 | Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounds President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1926 | Congress establishes the Army Air Corps. | |
| 1937 | American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world. | |
| 1961 | Novelist Ernest Hemingway commits suicide at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. | |
| 1964 | President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law. | |
| 1967 | The U.S. launches Operation Buffalo in Vietnam. | |
| 1976 | North and South Vietnam are officially reunified. | |
| 1980 | President Jimmy Carter reinstates draft registration for males 18 years of age. | |
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Born on July 2 |
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| 1489 | Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant archbishop of Cantebury (1533-1556). | |
| 1877 | Hermann Hesse, German novelist and poet. | |
| 1894 | Andre Kertesz, photographer. | |
| 1900 | Tyrone Guthrie, English theater director. | |
| 1908 | Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court Justice. | |
| 1916 | Barry Gray, radio talk show host. | |
| 1918 | Robert Sarnoff, president of NBC. | |
| 1926 | Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist. | |
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