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What happened in history on this day: July 2?
On July 2 in ...
- 1911 - Austrian conductor Felix Mottl dies in Munich at age 55 while conducting Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
- 2005 - Live 8, a series of 10 simultaneous concerts take place throughout the world, raising interest in the Make Poverty History campaign.
Births on July 2
- 1887 - Birth of Marcel Tabuteau in Compiègne, France; oboist (Philadelphia Orchestra 1915-54).
- 1914 - Birth of Frederick Fennell in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; conductor (Time and the Winds).
- 1916 - Birth of Ken Curtis in Las Animas, Colorado, USA; singer (Shep Fields Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers), actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, Ripcord, The Yellow Rose).
- 1925 - Birth of Marvin Rainwater in Wichita, Kansas, USA; country singer (Ozark Jubilee).
- 1926 - Birth of Lee Allen in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA; tenor sax ("Walkin' With Mr Lee").
- 1927 - Birth of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher in New York City, New York, USA; actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 1935 - Birth of Gilbert Kalish in Brooklyn, New York, USA; pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook).
- 1939 - Birth of Paul Williams in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; singer (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", "Just My Imagination").
- 1949 - Birth of Roy Bittan; keyboardist (E Street Band).
- 1956 - Birth of Jeffrey Cooper; guitarist (Midnight Star - "No Parking").
- 1957 - Birth of Mike Anger; rocker (The Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways").
- 1964 - Birth of Dave Parsons; rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69 - "That's Life").
- 1965 - Birth of Dave Parsons; bassist (Bush).
- 1981 - Birth of Paul Anthony Finn; Irish singer and songwriter (The Flaws).
- 1983 - Birth of Michelle Branch; American singer (The Wreckers).
- 1986 - Birth of Lindsay Lohan; American actress and singer (Bette, Driven, Herbie Fully Loaded).
Deaths on July 2
- 1911 - Austrian conductor Felix Mottl dies in Munich at age 55 while conducting Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
- 1990 - Death of Snooky Lanson at age 76; singer (Your Hit Parade TV show).
- 2007 - Death of Hy Zaret at age 99 at his home in Westport, Connecticut, USA; lyricist ("Unchained Melody").
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