{"id":22740,"date":"2020-07-02T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T03:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=22740"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T03:34:52","slug":"history-of-2-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-2-july-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 2 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 2 July<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1995 <\/strong>&#8211; &#8220;Forbes&#8221; magazine reported that Microsoft&#8217;s chairman, Bill Gates, was the worth $12.9 billion, making him the world&#8217;s richest man.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998 <\/strong>&#8211; Cable News Network (CNN) retracted a story that alleged that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/on-this-day.com\/us\">U.S.<\/a>\u00a0commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000 <\/strong>&#8211; In Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada of the National Action Party (PAN) defeated Francisco Labastida Ochoa of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the presidential election. The PRI had controlled the presidency in Mexico since the party was founded in 1929.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0AbioCor\u00a0self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Steve Fossett\u00a0becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0Live 8\u00a0benefit concerts takes place in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G8\">G8<\/a>\u00a0states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Colombian conflict:\u00a0\u00cdngrid Betancourt, a member of the\u00a0Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by\u00a0FARC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0South Kivu tank truck explosion\u00a0in the\u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo\u00a0kills at least 230 people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0International Astronomical Union\u00a0names\u00a0Pluto&#8217;s fourth and fifth moons,\u00a0Kerberos\u00a0and\u00a0Styx.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013 A magnitude 6.1\u00a0earthquake strikes\u00a0Aceh,\u00a0Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Suicide bombing of Karrada\u00a0in\u00a0Baghdad\u00a0kills at least 341 people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nathan Ellington, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Carlos Rogers, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kyle Hogg, English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Johnny Weir, American figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rhett Bomar, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Chad Henne, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer, and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brett Cecil, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alex Morgan, American soccer player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kayla Harrison, American judoka<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Merritt Mathias, American soccer player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Danny Rose, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bill Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Madison Chock, American ice dancer<sup>[20]<\/sup><\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vince Staples, American rapper and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ryan Murphy, American swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 2 July 1995 &#8211; 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