What happend on 2nd July

01.07
03.07
1976

North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

1973

James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense.

1964

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.

1950

Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.

1947

An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.

1937

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.

1917

48 die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.

1900

First zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

1890

The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

1881

Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.