July 2nd is a special day, as it’s the day we celebrate World UFO Day and I Forgot Day.
The International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons Kerberos and Styx.
North and South Vietnam were formally reunified after more than twenty years of war.
'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,' the second book in the series, was published by Bloomsbury in the UK.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
The Salvation Army was founded in London by Methodist preacher William Booth and his wife, Catherine Booth.
Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
During a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service reported an alligator falling from the sky.
Inventor Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine in England.
The first Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, was arrested for high treason in England.
Martin Luther was almost struck by lightning and became a monk.
A peace agreement was signed between King John of England and Prince Louis VIII of France, marking the end of the Siege of Roche-au-Moine, France.
