July 2nd, 1981

Born on July 2nd, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 362 days, exactly on April 22nd, 2025, people who were born on July 2nd, 1981 will be 16,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 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.

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.

July 2nd, 2002

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

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

Born on July 2nd, 1981

42

Carlos Rogers

American football player (born 1981)

*July 2nd, 1981, Augusta

42

Sivan Rahav-Meir

Israeli journalist

*July 2nd, 1981, Ramat HaSharon

42

Ashawn Dabney-Small

American activist & actor

*July 2nd, 1981, Kalamazoo

42

Nathan Ellington

British footballer (born 1981)

*July 2nd, 1981, Bradford

42

Angela Hazeldine

British actress

*July 2nd, 1981, Colwyn Bay

42

Anderson Ribeiro

Brazilian association football player

*July 2nd, 1981, Porto Alegre

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

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

39

Johnny Weir

American figure skater and television commentator

*July 2nd, 1984, Coatesville

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

37

Lindsay Lohan

American actress and singer (born 1986)

*July 2nd, 1986, The Bronx

33

Margot Robbie

Australian actress

*July 2nd, 1990, Dalby

38

Ashley Tisdale

American actress and singer (born 1985)

*July 2nd, 1985, Ocean Township

40

Michelle Branch

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

*July 2nd, 1983, Phoenix

45

Owain Yeoman

British actor

*July 2nd, 1978, Chepstow

24

Nicolò Zaniolo

Italian footballer

*July 2nd, 1999, Massa

85

Hermann Hesse

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

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

34

Alex Morgan

American soccer player

*July 2nd, 1989, San Dimas

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

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

63

Terry Rossio

American writer

*July 2nd, 1960, Kalamazoo

38

Jürgen Roelandts

Road bicycle racer

*July 2nd, 1985, Asse

46

Deniz Barış

Turkish footballer

*July 2nd, 1977, Kemah

94

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

62

Ron Silver

American actor and activist (1946-2009)

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

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 2nd.

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Born on July 2nd, 1981
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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