July 2nd

Some things I bet you didn’t know about July 2nd:

• It’s the 183rd day of the year. That’s the middle day. There are 182 days before it and 182 days after it.
• It’s the same day of the week as New Years Day

July 2nd in history:

• It was day two of the Ghettysburg Battle in 1863
• In 1776 The Continental Congress adopted the resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though the formal Declaration of Independence was not adopted until July 4th
• In 1947 an object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the U.S. Air Force claims it was a weather balloon
• The first Wal-Mart store opened for business in 1962 putting Arkansas on the map
• The Susan B. Anthony Dollar was introduced in 1979

People born on July 2nd:

• Shawn Blanc (1981)
• Thurgood Marshall (1908)
• Dave Thomas (1932)
• Jose Canseco (1964)