July 2nd, 1976

Born on July 2nd, 1976

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What happened on July 2nd, 1976?

July 2nd, 1976

End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Revolutionary_Government_of_the_Republic_of_South_Vietnam

July 2nd, 1976

More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

What else happened on July 2nd?

July 2nd, 2013

The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.

July 2nd, 2008

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).

July 2nd, 1964

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public.

July 2nd, 1941

A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.

July 2nd, 1917

Amidst weeks of race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, white residents burned sections of the city and shot black inhabitants as they escaped the flames.

July 2nd, 1890

The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first United States government action to limit monopolies.

July 2nd, 1881

U.S. president James A. Garfield was fatally shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.

July 2nd, 1816

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of present-day Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft, depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa (pictured).

July 2nd, 1644

First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.

July 2nd, 0706

The bodies of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian were interred in the Qianling Mausoleum.

July 2nd, 0626

During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of the Tang dynasty.

July 2nd, 2008

Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.

July 2nd, 2005

The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 2nd

Born on July 2nd, 1976

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Terri Kwan

Taiwanese actress

*July 2nd, 1976, Tokyo

47

Erin Burnett

American news anchor, currently the anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN

*July 2nd, 1976, Mardela Springs

47

Pavel Derevyanko

Russian actor

*July 2nd, 1976, Taganrog

47

Dany Bédar

Canadian singer

*July 2nd, 1976, Val-d'Or

47

Idalina Mesquita

Brazilian handball player

*July 2nd, 1976, Rio de Janeiro

47

Tomáš Vokoun

Czech ice hockey player

*July 2nd, 1976, Karlovy Vary

47

Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976)

Hungarian football player

*July 2nd, 1976, Budapest

47

Andrew Perry

English cricketer (born 1976)

*July 2nd, 1976, Portsmouth

47

Deddy Lisan

Indonesian singer

*July 2nd, 1976, Jakarta

47

Pietro Marcello

Italian film director

*July 2nd, 1976, Caserta

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 2nd?

30

Saweetie

American rapper and singer

*July 2nd, 1993, Hayward

28

Felipe Araújo

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 2nd, 1995, Goiânia

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

33

Margot Robbie

Australian actress

*July 2nd, 1990, Dalby

39

Johnny Weir

American figure skater and television commentator

*July 2nd, 1984, Coatesville

37

Lindsay Lohan

American actress and singer (born 1986)

*July 2nd, 1986, The Bronx

46

Deniz Barış

Turkish footballer

*July 2nd, 1977, Kemah

45

Owain Yeoman

British actor

*July 2nd, 1978, Chepstow

38

Ashley Tisdale

American actress and singer (born 1985)

*July 2nd, 1985, Ocean Township

63

Terry Rossio

American writer

*July 2nd, 1960, Kalamazoo

85

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

24

Nicolò Zaniolo

Italian footballer

*July 2nd, 1999, Massa

50

Peter Kay

English actor, comedian, producer and writer

*July 2nd, 1973, Farnworth

49

Flavie Flament

French television presenter

*July 2nd, 1974, Valognes

94

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

34

Alex Morgan

American soccer player

*July 2nd, 1989, San Dimas

62

Ron Silver

American actor and activist (1946-2009)

*July 2nd, 1946, Manhattan †March 15th, 2009, Manhattan

88

Wisława Szymborska

Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner

*July 2nd, 1923, Kórnik †February 1st, 2012, Kraków

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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