Day of the year
July 2
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July 2 Zodiac Sign
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Element: Water
intuitiveloyalnurturingempatheticprotective
Birthstone
Ruby
Birth Flower
Larkspur
Season
Summer
Numerology 9
A number of compassion, completion, and humanitarian spirit.
July 2: This Day in History
- 1698— Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine, designed to pump water out of coal mines.
- 1776— The Continental Congress voted in favor of independence from Britain, two days before the Declaration was formally adopted.
- 1900— The first Zeppelin airship, LZ 1, made its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany.
- 1937— Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during their attempted round-the-world flight.
- 1964— President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Famous Birthdays on July 2
- Thurgood Marshall (1908) — first african american supreme court justice
- Hermann Hesse (1877) — novelist and poet
- Ron Silver (1946) — actor
- Lindsay Lohan (1986) — actress
- Margot Robbie (1990) — actress
Did You Know? July 2 Fun Facts
- John Adams believed July 2 would be celebrated as Independence Day, not July 4.
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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