President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held. Date: July 3, 2013…
World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany. Date: July 2, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Night of the Long Knives ends after three days of killings. Date: July 2, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1934 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 2, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. Date: July 2, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. Date: July 2, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Date: July 2, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people. Date: July 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 2, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)