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What happened in history on this day: July 2?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On July 2 in ...
- 1996 - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation releases the film Independence Day to theaters in Canada. Apple Macintosh desktop and laptop computers are shown.
- 2001 - Intel releases the 1.8 GHz Pentium 4 processor. It features dual RDRAM memory banks, 400 MHz system bus, and 0.18-micron process technology. Price is US$562 in quantities of 1000.
- 1929 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Barnyard Battle.
- 1941 - Walt Disney runs a full-page ad in Variety magazine outlining the settlement terms he had planned to present on June 30. Due to the Bioff indictment, the strikers called a halt to all further negotiations.
- 1956 - The Rainbow Caverns Mine Train attraction begins operation in Frontierland at Disneyland. The attraction cost US$400,000 to build.
- 1967 - Tomorrowland at Disneyland re-opens following a complete re-design and rebuilding.
- 1967 - The Tomorrowland Terrace restaurant opens in Disneyland.
- 1967 - The Carousel of Progress attraction opens at Disneyland.
- 1967 - The PeopleMover attraction begins operation in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 1967 - The Rocket Jets ride opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. Former name was Tomorrowland Jets.
- 1981 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Condorman to theaters in the UK.
- 1984 - Disney renegotiates the Gibson Greetings deal slightly, as a two-for-one stock swap plus an additional US$30 million in cash for Gibson Greetings.
- 1986 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Great Mouse Detective to theaters in the US. It is based on the book Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus. The film's score was written by Henry Mancini. The film cost US$14 million to make.
- 1993 - Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters. The film had been painstakingly restored and flaws fixed by Eastman Kodak's Cinesite division over 18 weeks.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Son-in-Law to theaters in the US.
- 1999 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Summer of Sam to theaters in the USA.
- 2004 - The film America's Heart & Soul is released to theaters.
- 2005 - (to July 5) At the Hollywood Bowl in California, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performs "The Happiest Music on Earth", including songs from Disney theme park attractions.
- 2007 - Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas - Jambo House open in the Animal Kingdom Lodge at Walt Disney World, part of the Disney Vacation Club.
- 2010 - The film Captain EO re-opens at Epcot at Walt Disney World.
- 1981 - At the G. P. Race Track Salzburgring in Austria, the Swiss Corvette Club International holds the fifth Vette-Euro-Meet '81 over five days.
- 1986 - Twentieth Century-Fox Film releases the film Big Trouble in Little China to theaters in the USA. A Classic White 1978-79 Corvette appears.
- 1992 - At 2:22 PM, the one millionth Corvette is built. It is an Arctic White LT1 convertible, with red interior and black top. Chevrolet donates the car to the National Corvette Museum.
- 1992 - Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones announces that the state would donate US$400,000 to the National Corvette Museum.
- 1992 - Chevrolet introduces the new 1993 model cars to the press.
- 2003 - Ghana issues five postage stamps depicting several Corvettes, model years 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, and 1968.
- 2004 - At the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, the Trans-Am on the Tarmac race is held, round four of the Motorock Trans-Am Series.
- Finishing 4th is the Derhaag Motorsports #49 Corvette, driven by Randy Ruhlman.
- Finishing 5th is the #06 Corvette, driven by Joey Scarallo.
- In 12th place, but not finishing the race, is the Ruman Racing #23 Corvette, driven by Bob Ruman.
- In 13th place, but not finishing the race, is the Simms Motorsports #24 Corvette, driven by Philip Simms.
- 2005 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lakeville, Connecticut, the New England Grand Prix race is held, round six of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.
- Finishing 7th is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 10th is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 11th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- Finishing 14th is the Tom Oates Chevrolet #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Tom Oates.
- In 24th place, but not finishing the race, is the Doug Rippie Motorsports #9 Corvette Z06, driven by Adam Malmquist.
- 2017 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 3rd in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 5th in GT Le Mans class and 13th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
- 2021 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Watkins Glen International race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 14th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 2nd in GT Le Mans class and 15th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.
- 1940 - Passenger liner Arandora Star is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland, carrying 1500 German and Italian aliens from Great Britain to camps in Canada. 175 Germans and 486 Italians are killed. Royal Canadian Navy destroyer St. Laurent rescues 857 survivors.
- 1940 - Blue Funnel Line ship Aenaes in coastal convoy OA-177G off Dorset, England, is attacked by German aircraft and set on fire, killing 19 crew. The ship sinks two days later.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler decides that a landing in England is possible, provided air superiority is attained, among other conditions. He orders the armed forces to prepare for an invasion.
- 1940 - In Montreal, Canada, a train with sealed cars delivers to the Bank of Canada 30 million Pounds Sterling of gold bars and 200 million Pounds Sterling in marketable securities. This had been transferred from the Bank of England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, via the HMS Emerald battleship, for safekeeping during the war. This is the largest single transfer of wealth in world history to date.
- 1941 - An Imperial conference is held in Japan. Leaders decide to try to settle the conflict in China, advance into southern regions, and prepare for war with England and America, if diplomacy fails. Japan will not enter the German-Russian war now, but if the conflict develops to its advantage, it will use its military strength to secure its northern borders.
- 1942 - In North Africa, Axis forces attack the defensive line before El Alamein, but halt when faced with British tanks.
- 1942 - German forces capture Sevastopol, taking 97,000 prisoners.
- 1942 - An order of the US War Department activates the First Special Service Force, an elite unit made of Canadian and American troops. American Colonel Robert T. Frederick is the commanding officer.
- 1944 - Field Marshal Günther von Kluge replaces Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt as commander of German forces in the West.
- 1944 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel arranges the exchange of badly wounded prisoners with US forces in Europe.
- 1944 - In the English Channel, Royal Canadian Navy motor torpedo boat 460 strikes a mine and sinks.
- 1945 - The Okinawa campaign is declared over. Total US casualties are 80,000 (dead, wounded, missing, non-combat sickness). Total Japanese military casualties are 120,000. An estimated 150,000 Okinawan residents were killed.
- 1984 - Warner Communications sells off the home video game and computer systems business of Atari to Jack Tramiel for US$240 million in long-term loans. Warner has the option to purchase up to 32 percent interest in the new company for $2 per share.
- 1992 - Atari withdraws its appeal of the verdict in the antitrust case against Nintendo. Nintendo agrees not to persue legal costs from Atari.
- 1457 - Kristian of Oldenburg, King of Norway and Denmark, is elected King of Sweden, after agreeing to limitations on royal prerogative.
- 1885 - $1 million in bullion is reported missing at the New Orleans Mint.
- 1979 - The US Mint releases the new Susan B. Anthony dollar coin to circulation.
- 1979 - Quote by US Mint Director Stella Hackel on introduction of new dollar coin: "We are determined that this coin will not go the way of the Kennedy half dollar: the Kennedy half dollar has not been a success."
- 1984 - The book The U.S. Branch Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia is published, written by Clair Mallery Birdsall.
- 1998 - The US Mint announces it has awarded a contract to Grey Advertising to support State quarter dollar coin marketing.
- 1902 - John J McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years).
- 1906 - New York Yankees win by forfeit, for their first time.
- 1921 - First million dollar gate (US$1.7 million) boxing match (Jack Dempsey knocks out Carpentier).
- 1927 - Helen Wills Moody is first American to win Wimbeldon tennis championships in 20 years.
- 1933 - Carl Hubbell shuts-out Saint Louis Cardinals 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk.
- 1935 - Great Britain boxers beat US team in first international Golden Gloves.
- 1938 - Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th and final Wimbeldon singles tournament.
- 1941 - Joe DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44-game baseball hitting streak (45th of 56).
- 1943 - Cleveland Indians score 12 runs in fourth inning and beat New York Yankees 12-0.
- 1966 - Billie Jean King wins her first (of six) Wimbeldon single titles.
- 1974 - Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10km (27:13.81).
- 1977 - Sweden's Björn Borg wins Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors.
- 1978 - Pitcher Ron Guidry sets New York Yankees record of 13-0 start.
- 1988 - Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown.
- 2000 - France beats Italy 2-1 to win Euro 2000 with a golden goal.
- 2003 - At the International Olympic Committee session in Prague, Vancouver, British Columbia is declared the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010.
- 2017 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Mustang Sampling Racing #5 Cadillac DPi driven by Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi, and Filipe Albuquerque.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype Challenge class and 7th overall is the Performance Tech Motorsports #38 ORECA FLM09 driven by Patricio O'Ward, Kyle Masson, and James French.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 8th overall is the BMW Team RLL #25 BMW M6 GTLM driven by Alexander Sims and Bill Auberlen.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 16th overall is the Meyer Shank Racing #93 Acura NSX GT3 driven by Andy Lally and Katherine Legge.
- 2021 - At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, USA, the Watkins Glen International race is held, round 6 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #31 Cadillac DPi driven by Pipo Derani and Felipe Nasr.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 7th overall is the PR1 Mathiasen Motorports #52 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Mikkel Jensen and Ben Keating.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 10th overall is the Riley Motorsports #74 Ligier JS P320 driven by Felipe Fraga and Gar Robinson.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 14th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 18th overall is the VasserSullivan #14 Lexus RC F GT3 driven by Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 11-7.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Boston Red Sox by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats New York Mets by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Oakland Athletics by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Kansas City Royals by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Cincinnati Reds by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Los Angeles Angels by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Washington Nationals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats San Francisco Giants by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Baltimore Orioles by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: New York Yankees beats Cleveland Guardians by score 13-4.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: New York Yankees beats Cleveland Guardians by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Tampa Bay Rays beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Tampa Bay Rays beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 11-5.
- 1935 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1357 Khama.
- 1937 - C Jackson discovers asteroids #1429 Pemba and #1456 Saldanha.
- 1981 - L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua.
- 1982 - Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth.
- 1985 - European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet.
- 1985 - Proto launched to Halley's Comet.
- 2007 - Venus and Saturn are in conjunction, separation 46 arcsecs.
- 1843 - An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- 1776 - Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States".
- 1777 - Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
- 1822 - Denmark Vesey and five aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina. Vesey was a former slave who led a large group of slaves to attempt to gain freedom by force.
- 1839 - 53 African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
- 1843 - An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges.
- 1863 - Day two of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA: General James Longstreet leads the main Confederate attack, but USA forces retain control of their strategic positions. After three hours, the total number of dead at Gettysburg stand at 35,000.
- 1864 - Statuary Hall in US Capitol established.
- 1864 - US Congress repeals the act of June 20 forbidding gold trading.
- 1864 - General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester.
- 1867 - First US elevated railroad begins service, New York City.
- 1881 - At a railroad station in Washington, D.C., US President James Garfield is shot twice from behind by Charles Guiteau.
- 1890 - Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies in the USA.
- 1894 - US government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers.
- 1923 - (to August 6) The Monroe Doctrine Centennial Exposition is held in Los Angeles' Exposition Park.
- 1926 - US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized.
- 1932 - Franklin Roosevelt makes first presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech.
- 1937 - Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean.
- 1940 - Lake Washington (Seattle, Washington) Floating Bridge dedicated.
- 1945 - The Okinawa campaign is declared over. Total US casualties are 80,000 (dead, wounded, missing, non-combat sickness). Total Japanese casualties are 120,000.
- 1957 - First submarine powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-the Seawolf.
- 1957 - First submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback.
- 1962 - The first Wal-Mart opens in Rogers, Arkansas, USA.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signs into law the Civil Rights Act, in a televised ceremony in the White House. The Act prohibits racial discrimination in employment and education and outlaws racial segregation in public places such as schools, buses, parks and swimming pools.
- 1969 - The International resort/casino opens in Las Vegas Boulevard, Nevada. With 1500 rooms, it is the world's largest hotel, with the world's largest casino, at 29,000 square feet.
- 1976 - US Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual.
- 1979 - The US Mint releases the new Susan B. Anthony small diameter dollar coin to circulation.
- 1982 - Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawn Chair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California in lawn chair with weather balloons attached.
- 1984 - Standard Oil of California changes its company name to Chevron.
- 1986 - US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in two rulings.
- 1992 - The one millionth Corvette car is built. It is an Arctic White LT1 convertible, with red interior and black top. Chevrolet donates the car to the National Corvette Museum.
- 1993 - Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters in the USA. The film had been painstakingly restored and flaws were fixed by Eastman Kodak's Cinesite division over 18 weeks.
- 1997 - Tom Walters of Meridian, Mississippi wins powerball of US$11 million.
- 1999 - Benjamin Nathaniel Smith begins a three-day killing spree targeting racial and ethnic minorities in Illinois and Indiana, USA.
- 2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world in a balloon.
- 2007 - US President George Bush annuls the 30-month prison sentence given to Lewis Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice.
- 2009 - American forces led by 4000 Marines begin a large offensive in southern Afghanistan against Taliban forces.
- 2009 - California begins issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" after failing to start the fiscal year with a balanced budget. With a US$26.3 billion deficit, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal emergency.
- 2015 - British Petroleum announces it had settled US federal, state, and local claims for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 for US$18.7 billion, to be paid over 18 years.
Other history:
- 1890 - Sherman Antitrust Act in the USA prohibits industrial monopolies.
- 1937 - Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean.
- 1976 - Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam.
- 2000 - Vicente Fox is elected President of Mexico, as candidate of the rightist PAN (National Action Party), ending 71 years of PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) rule.
- 2008 - Colombia soldiers disguised as members of a non-government organization trick FARC rebels into releasing fifteen long-held hostages. They are French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, held for six years, three American defence department contractors, and eleven members of the Colombian security forces.
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