Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 2

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July 2: Feast day of Martinian and Processus (Roman Catholic Church)

Amelia Earhart

• 626 – Forces led by Li Shimin, a son of Emperor Gaozu of Tang China, ambushed and killed his rival brothers Li Jiancheng, the Crown Prince, and Li Yuanji at the imperial palace in Chang'an.

• 1644 – The Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, was fought near York.

• 1839 – Over fifty African slaves mutinied on the slave ship La Amistad off the coast of Cuba.

• 1937 – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (pictured) and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight.

• 1976 – More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially united under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

• 1997 – The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of the Asian Financial Crisis.

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