July 02

Saturday 02, 2005:

Ten Live 8 concerts are held around the world in an attempt to force G8 countries to address poverty.

Wednesday 02, 2003:

International Olympic Committee session in Prague. Vancouver is declared the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010.

Tuesday 02, 2002:

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

Sunday 02, 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 continuous rule from the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).

Monday 02, 1990:

A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.

Tuesday 02, 1985:

Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

Friday 02, 1982:

Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.

Monday 02, 1979:

The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.

Friday 02, 1976:

North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Monday 02, 1973:

James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense.

Thursday 02, 1964:

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.

Sunday 02, 1950:

Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.

Wednesday 02, 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.

Friday 02, 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.

Monday 02, 1917:

48 die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.

Monday 02, 1900:

First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Wednesday 02, 1890:

The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

Saturday 02, 1881:

Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.

Tuesday 02, 1878:

What will becomes the BMT Brighton Line opens in the City of Brooklyn (which merged with Manhattan and other counties to become the City of of Greater New York in 1898)

Thursday 02, 1863:

Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Saturday 02, 1853:

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War.

Tuesday 02, 1850:

The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.

Tuesday 02, 1839:

Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.

Friday 02, 1819:

The Factory Act is passed in Britain, creating restrictions on child labor.

Saturday 02, 1808:

Simon Fraser reaches Pacific near New Westminster.

Wednesday 02, 1777:

Vermont becomes the first American state to abolish slavery.

Tuesday 02, 1776:

The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.

Sunday 02, 1679:

led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.

Saturday 02, 1644:

Battle of Marston Moor in the English Civil War.

Tuesday 02, 1613:

led by Samuel Argall.

Sunday 02, 1578:

Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.

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