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2005-07-02

On this day in History - Jul 02

0419 - Valentinian III, was born (d. 0455). Roman Emperor.
0862 - St. Swithun, dies. Bishop of Winchester
1262 - Arthur II, Duke of Brittany was born (d. 1312)
1298 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg dies
1489 - Thomas Cranmer, was born (d. 1556). Archbishop of Canterbury.
1566 - Nostradamus dies (b. 14 Dec 1503). French astrologer, physician and prophet.
1613 - First English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
1644 - Battle of Marston Moor in the English Civil War.
1644 - Abraham a Santa Clara, was born (d. 1709). Court vicar.
1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1690 - Battle of the Boyne
1714 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, was born (d. 1787). German composer.
1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, was born (d. 1803). German poet
1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.
1777 - Vermont becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, dies (b. 1712). Swiss philosopher.
1808 - Simon Fraser reaches Pacific near New Westminster.
1814 - Muere en Guatemala, Fray José Antonio de Liendo y Goicoechea, poeta y reformador de los estudios de la Universidad de San Carlos.
1819 - The Factory Act is passed in Britain, creating restrictions on child labor.
1821 - Sir Charles Tupper, was born (d. 1915). Sixth Prime Minister of Canada.
1823 - Portugal: As Cortes Legislativas suspendem os seus trabalhos, no seguimento do golpe militar dirigido pelo infante D. Miguel, conhecido por «Vila Francada».
1833 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, dies. Argentine leader
1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
1843 - Morre o criador da homeopatia, Christian Friedrich Samyuel Hahnemann
1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1853 - The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.
1862 - William Henry Bragg, was born (d. 1942). English physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.
1863 - Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1865 - Lily Braun, was born (d. 1916). German writer.
1867 - É criada a Polícia Cívica, em todos os distritos de Portugal. Foi a mãe da Polícia sde Segurança Publica, que viria a ser criada em 1922.
1871 - Nasce o pintor Nicolás Raurich Petre (m. 1945).
1876 - Aprovada em Espanha uma nova Constituição de cariz parlamentar. Estará em vigor até 1923.
1877 - Hermann Hesse, was born (d. 1962). German writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature . His work included "Steppenwolf".
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, was born (d. 1931). German neurologist.
1890 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1890 - O Tratado de Bruxelas põe termo à escravatura.
1900 - First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1900 - Tyrone Guthrie, was born (d. 1971). English actor.
1903 - King Olav V of Norway was born (d. 1991)
1903 - Sir Alec Douglas-Home, was born (d. 1995). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1903 - Cuba arrendou aos Estados Unidos a Baía de Guantanamo para que estes instalassem uma base militar
1904 - Anton P. Chekhov dies (b. 1860). Russian novelist.
1905 - Jean Rene Lacostetennis was born (d. 12 Oct 1996). Founder of Lacoste tennis clothing [the company with the alligator logo];
1906 - Hans Bethe, Nobel Prize-winning German-born nuclear physicist.
1907 - Dorothy West, was born. Writer
1908 - Thurgood Marshall, was born (d. 1993). U. S. Supreme Court justice.
1911 - Inauguración del estadio Gran Parque Central de Montevideo, Uruguay, con un partido de Nacional frente a CURCC, ganando Nacional por 2 a 1
1912 - Tom Richardson, dies (b. 1870). English cricketer.
1912 - Se crea la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.
1915 - O ex-presidente mexicano Porfirio Díaz morre no exílio na França
1916 - Ken Curtis, was born (d. 1991). American actor and singer.
1917 - 48 die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
1918 - Robert Sarnoff was born. He became president of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and converted the network to the first all-color television station.
1923 - Wisława Szymborska, was born. Polish poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.
1925 - Patrice Lumumba, was born (d. 1961). Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1925 - Medgar Evers, was born (d. 1963). American civil rights activist.
1927 - Ruth Berghaus, was born (d. 1996). Choreographer and film director.
1927 - Brock Peters, was born. American actor.
1928 - No Reino Unido, as mulheres passaram a ter direito, sem restrições, a voto
1929 - Imelda Marcos, was born. First Lady of the Philippines. Famous for her collection of hundreds of pairs of shoe.
1930 - Carlos Menem, was born. President of Argentina (1989-1994 ; 1995-2000)
1931 - Robert Ito, was born in Vancouver . Actor and ballet dancer.
1931 - Se funda en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el Club Social y Deportivo Liniers
1932 - Dave Thomas, was born (d. 2002). American fast food entrepreneur.
1932 - King Manuel II of Portugal dies (b. 1889)
1937 - Amelia Earhart (b. 1897), and navigator Fred Noonan left Lae in Papua, New Guinea and disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equatordies.
1937 - Polly Holliday, was born. American actress
1937 - Richard Petty, was born. American race car driver
1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
1939 - John H. Sununu, was born. Former U.S. Secretary of State
1942 - Vicente Fox, was born. President of Mexico
1942 - Slovak Academy Sciences is founded
1946 - Richard Axel, was born. Nobel Prize-winning American scientist
1946 - Ron Silver, was born. American actor
1947 - Larry David, was born. American television producer
1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
1950 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
1955 - Andrew Divoff, was born. Venezuelan actor
1956 - Jerry Hall, was born. American actress and model
1957 - Bret "Hitman" Hart, was born. Canadian professional wrestler
1958 - Thomas Bickerton, was born. American Methodist bishop
1959 - Mike Hallett, was born. English snooker player
1961 - Alba Parietti, was born. Actress.
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, dies (suicide) (b. 1899). American author, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (suicide)
1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, dies (b. 1929). American race car driver.
1964 - Jose Canseco, was born. Cuban-born baseball player
1964 - Andrea Pia Yates, was born. American mother who drowned her five children
1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law. It was no longer legal in the United States to discriminate against others because of their race.
1966 - Jan Brzechwa, dies (b. 1900). Polish poet.
1966 - Billie Jean King wins her first of 6 Wimbledon single titles.
1969 - Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones, drowned.
1970 - Yancy Butler, was born. American actress: Hard Target, Law & Order, South Beach, Brooklyn South, The Witness Files
1971 - Evelyn Lau, was born. Canadian author.
1971 - Morre o escritor argentino Conrado Nalé Roxlo (n. 15 de Fev 1898). Humorista (Chamico) e autor de poemas como "El grillo" e "Claro desvelo" e de obras teatrais como "La cola de la sirena" e "Una vida difícil".
1972 - Joseph Fielding Smith, dies (b. 1876). President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1973 - Betty Grable, dies (b. 1916). American actress.
1973 - James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense.
1974 - Matthew Reilly, was born. Australian author
1976 - Tomas Vokoun, was born. Czech hockey player
1976 - North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1977 - Vladimir Nabokov, dies (b. 1899). Russian-born writer.
1979 - The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1981 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz, was born. American youth rights activist
1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
1983 - Michelle Branch, was born. American popular musician.
1984 - Fernando Mamede bate o recorde mumdial dos 10.000 metros, em Estocolmo.
1985 - Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, was born. American actress.
1988 - Michael Jackson became the first artist to have five number one singles from one album when Dirty Diana went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. The other four chart-toppers from Bad were I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel and Man in the Mirror.
1988 - Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbledon crown
1989 - Andrei Gromyko, dies (b. 1909). Soviet foreign minister.
1990 - Morrem asfixiadas 1.426 pessoas no interior de um túnel próximo da cidade de Meca (Arábia Saudita) quando se dirigiam para celebrar a Festa do Sacrifício.
1991 - Lee Remick, dies (b. 1935). American actress.
1991 - Morte do historiador argentino José María Rosa (n. 20 Ago 1906).
1992 - Morre José Monge Cruz ("Camarón de la Isla"), cantor espanhol, um dos artistas mais admirados da música flamenga.
1994 - Conchita Martinez won the women's title at Wimbledon, defeating Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
1994 - Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin, ten days after accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.
1997 - James Stewart, dies (b. 1908). American actor.
1998 - Abertura do novo aeroporto de Hong Kong
1999 - Mario Puzo, dies (b. 1920). American author ( "The Godfather").
2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) after more than 70 years of continious rule from the Partido
2000 - A Corte Suprema da Argentina, em uma sentença sem precedentes, condena o Estado a indenizar com 200 mil pesos uma mulher por seu exílio forçado durante a ditadura militar (1976-1983).
2002 - East Timor President Xanana Gusmao and his Indonesian counterpart Megawati Sukarnoputri opened a new chapter in ties between the world's newest nation and its former foe, establishing formal diplomatic links and pledging to work together.
2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2003 - O Boca Juniors vence por 3-1 o Santos e conquista a Taça Libertadores da América.
2003 - Vancouver, Canada, was awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2004 - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, dies (b. 1919). Portuguese writer and poet.
2005 - (11º) Dia Internacional das Cooperativas das Nações Unidas. Este dia comemora-se anualmente no 1º. sábado do mês de Julho
Originally, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Visitation was celebrated on this day, although it has since been transfered to May 31
Palio di Provenzano in Siena

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