Editing July 2 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: U.S. President [[Warren G. Harding]] signs the [[Knox–Porter Resolution]] formally ending the war between the United States and [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]. 
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Night of the Long Knives]] ends after three days of killings.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Amelia Earhart]] and navigator [[Fred Noonan]] are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amelia Earhart {{!}} Biography, Disappearance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amelia-Earhart |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; Indian independence leader [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] is arrested and detained in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].
*  1940   &ndash; The [[SS Arandora Star|SS ''Arandora Star'']] is sunk by [[U-47 (1938)|U-47]] in the [[North Atlantic]] with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians. 
*[[1962]] &ndash; The first [[Walmart]] store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in [[Rogers, Arkansas]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
*[[1966]] &ndash; France conducts its first [[1966–70 French nuclear tests|nuclear weapon test]] in the Pacific, on [[Moruroa]] Atoll.
*[[1976]] &ndash; End of [[Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam|South Vietnam]]; Communist [[North Vietnam]] annexes the former [[South Vietnam]] to form the unified [[Vietnam|Socialist Republic of Vietnam]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri|Rodrigo Rojas]] and [[Carmen Gloria Quintana]] are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)|dictatorship]] of General [[Augusto Pinochet]] in [[Chile]].
*  1986   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2306]] crashes while attempting an emergency landing at [[Syktyvkar Airport]] in [[Syktyvkar]], in present-day [[Komi Republic]], [[Russia]], killing 54 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134AK CCCP-65120 Kopsa|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860702-1|access-date=2021-05-18|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Marcel Lefebvre]] and [[Econe consecrations|the four bishops]] he consecrated were [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] by the [[Holy See]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APOSTOLIC LETTER "ECCLESIA DEI"|url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei_en.html|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; In the [[1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy]], 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of [[Mecca]].<ref>{{cite news|title=1,400 Reported Killed in Mecca Tunnel Crush|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 3, 1990|access-date=July 2, 2020|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-03-mn-607-story.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=A History of Hajj Tragedies|work=The Guardian|date=13 January 2006|access-date=July 2, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/13/saudiarabia}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[USAir Flight 1016]] crashes near [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport]], killing 37 of the 57 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N954VJ Charlotte-Douglas Airport, NC (CLT)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940702-0|access-date=2019-07-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; The Bank of Thailand floats the [[baht]], triggering the [[1997 Asian financial crisis|Asian financial crisis]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Vicente Fox Quesada]] is elected the first [[President of Mexico|President of México]] from an opposition party, the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|Partido Acción Nacional]], after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|Partido Revolucionario Institucional]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[AbioCor]] self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Steve Fossett]] becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fossett's balloon challenge |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2078121.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=3 April 2021 |date=2 July 2002}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[Live 8]] benefit concerts takes place in the [[G8]] states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Colombian conflict]]: [[Íngrid Betancourt]], a member of the [[Chamber of Representatives of Colombia]], is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion|South Kivu tank truck explosion]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] kills at least 230 people.
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[International Astronomical Union]] names [[Moons of Pluto|Pluto's fourth and fifth moons]], [[Kerberos (moon)|Kerberos]] and [[Styx (moon)|Styx]].
*  2013   &ndash; A magnitude 6.1 [[2013 Aceh earthquake|earthquake strikes]] [[Aceh]], [[Indonesia]], killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[2024 Uttar Pradesh stampede|A stampede]] during a religious event in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hrishikesh |first=Sharanya |title=Hathras crush: More than 120 killed at religious event in India |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2g7wgj83no |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Shivam |last2=Sharma |first2=Saurabh |date=3 July 2024 |title=India stampede killed 121 in wake of massive overcrowding, police say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/massive-overcrowding-led-stampede-indias-hathras-document-says-2024-07-03/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Raj |first=Suhasini |last2=Yasir |first2=Sameer |last3=Kumar |first3=Hari |date=2024-07-02 |title=Stampede at Religious Gathering in India Kills More Than 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/world/asia/india-stampede-religious-event.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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