2ND
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS PROCESSUS & MARTINIAN; ST
MONEGUNDIS; & ST OTTO OF BAMBERG." |
| 2ND |
311 |
"ST MILITIADES" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 2ND |
1752 |
THE FIRST BIBLE IN AMERICA PRINTED IN
ENGLISH WAS PUBLISHED IN BOSTON. |
| 2ND |
1800 |
AUSTRALIA ADOPTS THE "UNION JACK" AS IT’S
FLAG. |
| 2ND |
1843 |
AN ALLIGATOR FALLS FROM THE SKY DURING
A THUNDERSTORM IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA. |
| 2ND |
1865 |
AT A REVIVALIST MEETING IN WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, "WILLIAM
BOOTH" FORMED THE SALVATION ARMY. |
| 2ND |
1881 |
"PRESIDENT GARFIELD" IS SHOT
BY DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER, "CHARLES J. GUITEAU." |
| 2ND |
1900 |
THE 2ND OLYMPIC GAMES OPENED IN PARIS. |
| 2ND |
1918 |
U.S. JAZZ MUSICIAN, "DUKE
ELLINGTON" MARRIES HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, "EDNA THOMPSON." |
| 2ND |
1930 |
"DONALD BRADMAN" SCORES 254 RUNS FROM 376
DELIVERIES AT LORDS. |
| 2ND |
1937 |
AVIATOR "AMELIA EARHEART" AND
HER CO-PILOT "FRED NOONAN" DISAPPEARED OVER THE PACIFIC. |
| 2ND |
1949 |
MacROBERTSON-MILLER AIRLINES DC-3 FITZROY CRASHES AT
GUILFORD, W.A. KILLING 18. |
| 2ND |
1952 |
JEWELLERY WORTH  3,000 IS STOLEN
FROM "ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S" LONDON HOTEL ROOM. |
| 2ND |
1956 |
ELVIS PRESLEY RECORDED, ‘HOUND DOG’ &
‘DON’T BE CRUEL’ & ‘ANYWAY YOU WANT ME’ IN NEW YORK. IT WAS
THE FIRST TIME HE USED THE "JORDANAIRES" AS BACK-UP SINGERS. |
| 2ND |
1957 |
"GRAYBACK" THE FIRST
SUBMARINE TO FIRE GUIDED MISSILES IS LAUNCHED. |
| 2ND |
1959 |
QANTAS RECEIVES IT’S FIRST 707 JET AIRCRAFT. |
| 2ND |
1961 |
AUTHOR "ERNEST HEMMINGWAY"
DIES FROM A SELF INFLICTED SHOTGUN BLAST TO THE HEAD. |
| 2ND |
1966 |
"BILLIE JEAN KING" WINS HER FIRST OF 6 WIMBLEDON
SINGLES TITLES. |
| 2ND |
1968 |
STUDENTS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST
CONSCRIPTION CLASH WITH POLICE IN SYDNEY; 30 ARRESTED. |
| 2ND |
1969 |
"ROLLING STONE," "BRIAN JONES" DROWNS. THE
CORONER DECIDED IT WAS DUE TO ALCOHOL & DRUGS. |
| 2ND |
1980 |
"GRATEFUL DEAD’S"
"BOB WEIR" & "MICKEY HART" ARE ARRESTED FOR INCITEMENT. |
| 2ND |
1982 |
"LARRY WALTERS" RISES TO 16,000 FEET USING A DECK
CHAIR & 42 HELIUM BALLOONS. |
| 2ND |
1990 |
MORE THAN A THOUSAND MUSLIN PILGRIMS
WERE KILLED WHEN A STAMPEDE OCCURED IN A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL LEADING TO THE HOLY CITY OF
MECCA. |
| 2ND |
1990 |
"IMELDA MARCOS" & "ADNAN KHASHOGGI"
ARE FOUND NOT GUILTY OF RACKETEERING. |
| 2ND |
1994 |
"ANDRE ESCOBAR," THE
COLOMBIAN SOCCER PLAYER WHO SCORED AN OWN GOAL IN A WORLD CUP ELIMINATION MATCH WAS
MURDERED ON HIS RETURN TO MEDELLIN. |
| 2ND |
1994 |
"MARTINA NAVRATILOVA" RETIRES AFTER HER LAST
WIMBLEDON FINAL. |
| 2ND |
1996 |
SUPER MODEL, ACTOR, "MARGAUX
HEMMINGWAY" WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT, 35 YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER HER
GRANDFATHER COMMITTED SUICIDE. |
| 2ND |
1996 |
U.S.; "MENENDEZ BROTHERS" ARE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE MURDER OF THEIR PARENTS. |
| 2ND |
1996 |
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "JOHN
HOWARD" REFUSES TO LET GUN OWNERS MODIFY THEIR WEAPONS DESPITE PRESSURE FROM THE
NATIONAL PARTY. |
| 2ND |
1999 |
A BABY SON, "PRESLEY WALKER GERBER" IS BORN TO
SUPERMODEL, "CINDY CRAWFORD" & HER HUSBAND, "RANDE GERBER." |
| 2ND |
2000 |
FIVE TIMES MOTOR CYCLE WORLD CHAMPION,
"JOEY DUNLOP" 48, IS KILLED IN A ROAD RACE CRASH IN TALLIN, ESTONIA. |
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