WillDekkard
07-02-2010, 07:06 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- July 2nd
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* 626 In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China.
* 706 In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.
* 963 The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
* 1298 The Battle of Gφllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
* 1494 The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
* 1555 Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
* 1561 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
* 1582 Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
* 1613 The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall.
* 1644 English Civil War: the Battle of Marston Moor.
* 1679 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
* 1698 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
* 1776 The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
* 1777 Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
* 1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
* 1839 Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
* 1863 American Civil War: second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
* 1871 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after its conquest from the Papal States.
* 1881 Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
* 1890 The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
* 1897 Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains patent for radio in London.
* 1900 The first zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
* 1917 The East St. Louis Riots end.
* 1934 The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Rφhm.
* 1937 Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
* 1940 Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
* 1950 The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
* 1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
* 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
* 1966 The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldιbaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
* 1976 North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
* 1985 Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
* 1987 Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
* 1993 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
* 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mιxico from an opposition party, the Partido Acciσn Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
* 2001 The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.
* 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
* 2003 Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
* 2004 ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.¨
* 2005 Live 8 takes place in London's Hyde Park and other locations around the world.
* 2008 Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages held by FARC guerrillas, are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
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- July 2nd
c/p from Wikipedia
* 626 In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China.
* 706 In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.
* 963 The imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas to be Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
* 1298 The Battle of Gφllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
* 1494 The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
* 1555 Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
* 1561 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
* 1582 Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
* 1613 The first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall.
* 1644 English Civil War: the Battle of Marston Moor.
* 1679 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
* 1698 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
* 1776 The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
* 1777 Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
* 1823 Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
* 1839 Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
* 1863 American Civil War: second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
* 1871 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after its conquest from the Papal States.
* 1881 Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
* 1890 The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
* 1897 Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains patent for radio in London.
* 1900 The first zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
* 1917 The East St. Louis Riots end.
* 1934 The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Rφhm.
* 1937 Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
* 1940 Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
* 1950 The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
* 1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
* 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
* 1966 The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldιbaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
* 1976 North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
* 1985 Andrei Gromyko is appointed the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
* 1987 Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
* 1993 37 participants in an Alevi cultural and literary festival were killed when a mob of demonstrators set fire to their hotel in Sivas during a violent protest.
* 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of Mιxico from an opposition party, the Partido Acciσn Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
* 2001 The AbioCor self contained artificial heart is first implanted.
* 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
* 2003 Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
* 2004 ASEAN Regional Forum accepts Pakistan as its 24th member.¨
* 2005 Live 8 takes place in London's Hyde Park and other locations around the world.
* 2008 Ingrid Betancourt, and 14 other hostages held by FARC guerrillas, are rescued by the Colombian armed forces.
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