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What happened in history on this day: July 2?
On July 2 in ...
- 1955 - ABC Television premieres The Lawrence Welk Show.
- 1993 - Paramount releases the film The Firm to theaters.
- 1993 - Disney re-releases the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to theaters in the USA. The film had been painstakingly restored and flaws were fixed by Eastman Kodak's Cinesite division over 18 weeks.
- 1997 - Sony releases the film Men in Black to theaters.
- 2003 - Warner Bros. releases the film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines to theaters.
- 2008 - Sony releases the film Hancock to theaters.
Births on July 2
- 1894 - Birth of Walter Brennan in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Real McCoys).
- 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).
- 1919 - Birth of Johnny Bradford in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA; actor (Ransom Sherman Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Dan Rowan in Beggs, Oklahoma, USA; comedian (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in).
- 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).
- 1931 - Birth of Robert Ito in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian actor (Sam - Quincy M.E.).
- 1937 - Birth of Polly Holliday in Jasper, Alabama, USA; actress (Flo - Alice, Flo - Flo).
- 1946 - Birth of Ron Silver in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gary - Rhoda, Dear Detective, Baker's Dozen, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends).
- 1947 - Birth of Larry David; writer-director-actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld).
- 1948 - Birth of Saul Rubinek; actor (Frasier, Nero Wolfe Mystery, Ink).
- 1954 - Birth of Wendy Schaal in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (It's a Living, Julie - Fantasy Island).
- 1956 - Birth of Julie Montgomery in Kansas City, Missouri; actress (Samantha - One Life to Live, Kindred).
- 1961 - Birth of Jimmy McNichol in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The Fitzpatricks, California Fever).
- 1970 - Birth of Yancy Butler; actress (Witchblade, Brooklyn South).
- 1974 - Birth of Allison McCurdy, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (1996-97), actress (Fatal Kiss), pin-up calendar model (50+ appearances), executive (My Gig Productions).
- 1984 - Birth of Vanessa Lee Chester; actress (Once and Again).
- 1985 - Birth of Ashley Tisdale; actress (Suite Life of Zach and Cody).
- 1986 - Birth of Lindsay Lohan; American actress and singer (Bette, Driven, Herbie Fully Loaded).
Deaths on July 2
- 1973 - Death of George Macready at age 73 of emphysema; actor (Martin Peyton - Peyton Place TV show).
- 1973 - Death of Betty Grable at age 56 of lung cancer; actress (Chrysler Shower of Stars TV show, Ford Star Jubilee, Star Stage TV show).
- 1991 - Death of Lee Remick at age 55 from liver and kidney cancer; actress (Ike, Wheels, Mistral's Daughter, QB VII, Around the World in 80 Days, Studio One TV show, Robert Montgomery Presents TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show).
- 1993 - Death of Fred Gwynne at age 76 of pancreatic cancer; actor (The Munsters, Car 54 Where are You?).
- 1997 - Death of James Stewart at age 89 of cardiac arrest; actor (The Six Shooter radio show, The Jimmy Stewart Show TV show, Hawkins TV show).
- 2002 - Death of Hal Simms at age 83 in a nursing home in Massachusetts, USA; CBS television announcer (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth, The Guiding Light, The Frank Sinatra Show).
- 2006 - Death of Jan Murray AKA Murray Janofsky at age 88 from emphysema and pneumonia; comedian/TV host (Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt (1956-1959), Songs for Sale, Sing It Again, Go Lucky, Blind Date).
- 2015 - Death of Jacobo Zabludovsky, age 87; for about 50 years was Mexico TV newscaster for Televisa.
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