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This is a list of selected July 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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963 – The Eastern forces of the Byzantine army proclaimed Nicephorus Phocas to be Byzantine Emperor on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. needs more footnotes
1298Albert I's army defeated the forces of the deposed Adolf of Nassau at the Battle of Göllheim following Albert's election to replace Adolf as King of Germany. Undercited
1839 – Over fifty African slaves mutinied on the slave ship La Amistad off the coast of Cuba. lots of CN tags (8)
1890 – The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first United States government action to limit monopolies. refimprove sections, OR
1917 – Amidst weeks of race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, white residents burned sections of the city and shot black inhabitants as they escaped the flames. refimprove sections
1900 – The first Zeppelin flight occurred over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. refimprove sections
1900Finlandia, a tone poem by Jean Sibelius which forms the basis of one of the national songs of Finland, was first performed in Helsinki. recentism
1937 – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight. refimprove section
1950 – A mentally ill Buddhist monk set fire to the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji, destroying what is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. missing page numbers
1962 – The first Walmart store, now the largest company in the world by revenue, opened in Rogers, Arkansas, U.S. recentism
1997 – The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of the Asian financial crisis. unreferenced sections
2000 – In the Mexican general election, Vicente Fox was elected to be the first president of Mexico from an opposition party in 71 years. Election: refimprove section; Fox: oudated
Robert Peel |d|1850 unreferenced section
Stephen III of Moldavia |d|1504| 68 "better source needed" tags
Charles Tupper |b|1821| Too much uncited
Theodoor Rombouts |b|1597| Date not cited
Harriet Brooks |b|1876| Tagged with a number of citations, clarifications etc.
Thomas Harriot |d|1621| 6 citation needed tags plus more uncited
: Feast day of Saints Martinian and Processus (Catholicism) Could not verify date from source cited

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July 2

James A. Garfield
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