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2 July 1986 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 July 1986 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “On My Own” by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald.
- Top Film of 1986
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1986 was Top Gun.
- Bestselling Novel of 1986
- “It” by Stephen King was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1986.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Cosby Show” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1986–87 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 July 1986 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 July 1986 was Waning 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 July 2
- 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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Events of 1986 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1986 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – STS-61-C: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz.
- January 20 – The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed.
- February 25 – People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her vice president.
Life in the US in 1986
President
Ronald Reagan
Gas (per gallon)
$0.86
Loaf of Bread
$0.66
Average House
$88,000
Weekly Wage
$346
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