July 2

This date marks the halfway point of the year. In common years, the midpoint of the year occurs at noon on this date, while in leap years, it occurs at midnight (start of the day).

Events

Pre-1600

• 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 866 – Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1298 – Battle of Göllheim: Albert I of Habsburg defeats Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.<ref name="bio">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1494 – Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1582 – Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.<ref name="ST">Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1644 – English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1645 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Alford.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1776 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1823 – Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1840 – A Template:M 7.4 earthquake strikes present-day Turkey and Armenia; combined with the effects of an eruption on Mount Ararat, kills 10,000 people.<ref name="KarakhanianOther2004a">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1921 – World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean and disappear while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1966 – France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1976 – End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1986 – Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1994 – USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.<ref name="Jakarta2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 419 – Valentinian III, Roman emperor (died 455)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1478 – Louis V, Elector Palatine (died 1544)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1486 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1489 – Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop, theologian, and Protestant martyr (died 1556)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1492 – Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495)<ref name=":03">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1597 – Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter (died 1637)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1647 – Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1730)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1648 – Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (died 1719)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1665 – Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1667 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1740)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1714 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (died 1787)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
• 1724 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author (died 1803)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1797 – Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) (died 1852)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (died 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1820 – George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (died 1878)<ref name="Oregon">Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 68.</ref>
• 1820 – Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (died 1894)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1821 – Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1825 – Émile Ollivier, French statesman (died 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1834 – Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)<ref name="royal">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1849 – Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (died 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1862 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1865 – Lily Braun, German author and publicist (died 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1869 – Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (died 1939)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1881 – Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician (died 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author (died 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (died 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Olav V, Norwegian king, 1957–1991 (died 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (died 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler (died 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1908 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1993)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1911 – Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (died 1964)<ref name="mem">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (died 1999)<ref name="IndieObit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1914 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (died 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer (died 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Erich Topp, German admiral (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1915 – Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1916 – Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (died 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (died 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – Athos Bulcão, Brazilian painter and sculptor (died 2008)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Jean Craighead George, American author (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – John Kneubuhl, Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1992)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (died 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Paula Valenska, Czech actress (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Chia-ying Yeh, Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (died 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Lee Allen, American saxophone player (died 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Brock Peters, American actor (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1930 – Ahmad Jamal, American jazz musician (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (died 2002)<ref name="chtrobt">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1933 – Peter Desbarats, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – Tom Springfield, English musician (died 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and educator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Polly Holliday, American actress (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Richard Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – David Owen, English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Mike Castle, American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (died 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Georgi Ivanov, Bulgarian military officer, cosmonaut and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1941 – William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Wendell Mottley, Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist (died 2009)<ref name="nyt2">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1947 – Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1947 – Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Greg Brown, American musician<ref>"Greg Brown Biography" Retrieved 19 August 2015</ref>
• 1949 – Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Robert Paquette, The Canadian Encyclopedia.</ref>
• 1950 – Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Jon Trickett, English politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist (died 2002)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1954 – Wendy Schaal, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1956 – Jerry Hall, American model and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Purvis Short, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor<ref name="Happy Birthday Pavan Malhotra: 5 Best Movies of the Versatile Actor">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1959 – Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Neil Williams, English cricketer (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Joe Magrane, American baseball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Tim Rodber, English rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Derrick Adkins, American hurdler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Troy Brown, American football player and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Darren Shan, Irish author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Sean Casey, American baseball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Kristen Michal, Estonian lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
• 1975 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Tomáš Vokoun, Czech-American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Ľudovít Ódor, Prime minister of Slovakia<ref name=nbs.sk>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Deniz Barış, Turkish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Walter Davis, American triple jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver<ref name="PenskeBio">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Nathan Ellington, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Carlos Rogers, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Kyle Hogg, English cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Johnny Weir, American figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Chad Henne, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Brett Cecil, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Alex Morgan, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Kayla Harrison, American judoka<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Merritt Mathias, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Danny Rose, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Bill Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Madison Chock, American ice dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Vince Staples, American rapper and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Saweetie, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Derrick White, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Ryan Murphy, American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 626 – Li Jiancheng, Chinese prince (born 589)<ref name=":1">The date of the Xuanwu Gate Incident was the 4th day of the 6th month of the 9th year of the Wude era, which translates to 2 July 626 in the Julian calendar, according to the Academia Sinica.[1].</ref>
• 626 – Li Yuanji, Chinese prince (born 603)<ref name=":1" />
• 649 – Li Jing, Chinese general (born 571)<ref>xinyou day of the 5th month of the 23rd year of the Zhen'guan era, per vol. 03 of Old Book of Tang</ref>
• 862 – Swithun, English bishop and saint (born c. 800)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 866 – Robert the Strong, Frankish nobleman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 936 – Henry the Fowler, German king (born 876)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1298 – Adolf, King of the Romans (born 1220)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1504 – Stephen III of Moldavia (born 1434)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1566 – Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (born 1503)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1578 – Thomas Doughty, English explorer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1528)<ref name="Turnbull2">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (born 1520)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (born 1560)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (born 1611)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1674 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (born 1614)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1743 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1673)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1746 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (born 1656)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1778 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (born 1712)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1833 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (born 1757)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1843 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (born 1755)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1850 – Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1788)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1857 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (born 1818)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1903 – Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (born 1867)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (born 1870)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1836)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (born 1830)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (born 1846)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (born 1894)<ref name=":02">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1932 – Manuel II of Portugal (born 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1955 – Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1963 – Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (born 1929)<ref name="nytobit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet, author, and lawyer (born 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (born 1889)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1916)<ref>Template:Cite EBO</ref>
• 1973 – George McBride, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal and convicted war criminal (born 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – James Robertson Justice, English actor (born 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1977 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Tom Barry, leader of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (born 1897)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (born 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Allie Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1989 – Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1990 – Snooky Lanson, American singer (born 1914)<ref name="obit2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Lee Remick, American actress (born 1935)<ref name="nyt">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (born 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – James Stewart, American actor (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (born 1920)<ref name="death">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Ray Brown, American jazz musician and composer (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver and businessman (born 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2004 – Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (born 1922)<ref name="JP5">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Norm Prescott, American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (born 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1916)<ref>Woo, Elaine (July 4, 2006). "Jan Murray, 89; Borscht Belt Comic, Early Game Show Host". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 27, 2015.</ref>
• 2007 – Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (born 1956)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2008 – Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Beryl Bainbridge, English screenwriter and author (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Julian Goodman, American journalist (born 1922)<ref name="about">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Ed Stroud, American baseball player (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (born 1927)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (born 1933)<ref name="obit">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (born 1934)<ref name="obi">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (born 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (born 1917)<ref name="lat20140703">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (born 1928)<ref name="WSJ">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (born 1963)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1946)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (born 1928)<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2017 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Smith Hart, American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2018 – Alan Longmuir, Scottish musician (born 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Lee Iacocca, American automotive executive (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Ángela Jeria, Chilean archaeologist and human rights activist (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Byron Bernstein, American Twitch streamer (born 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Sophia Hutchins, American socialite (born 1996)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor (born 1968)<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church)
  • Bernardino Realino
  • Feast of the Visitation (Anglicanism; Levoča at Mariánska hora)
  • Monegundis
  • Otto of Bamberg
  • Oudoceus
  • Martinian and Processus
  • Pishoy (Coptic Church)
  • Stephen III of Moldavia
  • July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Flag Day (Curaçao)
• Palio di Provenzano (Siena, Italy)
• Police Day (Azerbaijan)

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