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'''1698''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1698|month=07|day=02|event=[[Thomas Savery]] patents the first [[steam engine]].}} | |||
'''1776''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1776|month=07|day=02|event=The [[Continental Congress]] severs ties with the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Kingdom of Great Britain]].}} | |||
'''1778''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1778|month=07|day=02|event=Death of [[Liberalism|liberal]] theorist [[Jean-Jacques-Rousseau]].}} | |||
'''1881''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1881|month=07|day=02|event=[[U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[James A. Garfield]] is shot and fatally wounded by [[Charles J. Guiteau]].}} | |||
'''1925''' | '''1925''' | ||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1925|month=07|day=02|event=Birth of [[Patrice Lumumba]]}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1925|month=07|day=02|event=Birth of Congolese independence leader [[Patrice Lumumba]]}} | ||
'''1966''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1966|month=07|day=02|event=[[French Republic|France]] tests its first [[nuclear weapon]] on the occupied [[Moruroa]] atoll.}} | |||
'''1976''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1976|month=07|day=02|event=[[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|North Vietnam]] ends [[Vietnam War|US occupation of Vietnam]] and reunifyíes with [[Republic of Vietnam|the South]].}} | |||
'''1989''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1989|month=07|day=02|event=[[Andrei Gromyko]], [[USSR|Soviet]] minister of foreign affairs, dies at the age of 79.}} | |||
Revision as of 15:41, 16 July 2024
1698
- Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1776
- The Continental Congress severs ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1778
- Death of liberal theorist Jean-Jacques-Rousseau.
1881
- U.S. President James A. Garfield is shot and fatally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau.
1925
- Birth of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba
1966
- France tests its first nuclear weapon on the occupied Moruroa atoll.
1976
- North Vietnam ends US occupation of Vietnam and reunifyíes with the South.
1989
- Andrei Gromyko, Soviet minister of foreign affairs, dies at the age of 79.