Born on 2 July 2014

At A Glance

2 July 2014 at a glance

Day of the week

2 July 2014 was a Wednesday.

Irish Chart Song in 2014

The Irish chart song for 2014 was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.

Top Film of 2014

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Star sign

The star sign for 2 July is Cancer.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 2 July 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 2 July 2014 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 2 July

• 1976 End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• 1986 Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case.
• 1997 The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.
• 2005 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.

Famous people born on 2 July

• Jerry Hall, American model and actress (born 1956)
• Olav V, Norwegian king, 1957–1991 (1903–1991)
• Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer (born 1990)
• Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer (born 1986)

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