General Events and Observations of July 2

862: St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(b. 789)
1298: Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans(b. 1220)
1504: Stefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)
1566: Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
1582: Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
1591: Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1621: Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
1656: François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (
1656: François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
1674: Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
1684: John Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)
1743: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of
1743: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1746: Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
1778: Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1778: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
1822: Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca.
1822: Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca. 1767)
1822: Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (b. ca. 1767)
1833: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1833: Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1843: Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
1843: Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
1850: Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
1850: Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
1903: Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
1903: Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
1912: Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
1912: Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
1914: Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (b. 1836)
1914: Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (b. 1836)
1915: Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
1915: Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (b. 1830)
1920: William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
1920: William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
1926: Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
1926: Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
1929: Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
1929: Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
1932: Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1932: Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
1934: Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
1934: Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b. 1887)
1955: Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1955: Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1961: Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1961: Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1964: Glenn Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
1966: Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
1969: Michael DiBiase, wrestler (b. 1923)
1972: Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
1973: Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
1973: Chick Hafey, baseball player (b. 1903)
1973: Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1973: George McBride, baseball player (b. 1880)
1975: James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
1977: Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
1978: Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
1984: Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
1985: David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
1986: Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (b. 1917)
1989: Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
1989: Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
1991: Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
1992: Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1950)
1993: Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
1994: Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
1995: Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
1997: Jimmy Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
1999: Mario Puzo, American author (b. 1920)
2000: Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
2002: Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
2004: John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
2004: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
2005: Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
2006: Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
2007: Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)

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