Thursday, July 2, 2026 is a Thursday. It is day 183 of 2026 (50.1% through the year), ISO week 27, in Q3.
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Thursday, July 2, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2020: A landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant killed 175–200 miners, the deadliest mining accident in Burmese history.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 2.
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Historical Milestones
A landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant killed 175–200 miners, the deadliest mining accident in Burmese history.
2020 Hpakant jade mine disaster →The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.
International Astronomical Union →In the Indonesian province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra, a Mw 6.1 strike-slip earthquake killed at least 35 people and injured 276 others.
Aceh →Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).
Israeli–Palestinian conflict →Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling, the second novel of the Harry Potter series, was published.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets →Singing Revolution: The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (pictured) was lifted when the Lithuanian parliament agreed to suspend the effects of their act to re-establish Lithuania as a state.
Singing Revolution →More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Vietnam War →The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public in the United States.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 →A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.
Schutzstaffel →U.S. president James A. Garfield (pictured) was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.
James A. Garfield →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Thursday, July 2, 2026 falls on a Thursday.
81 days ago (2 months, 19 days ago). It is day 183 of 2026 with 182 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Thursday, July 2, 2026 is written as II.VII.MMXXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Gibbous (approx. 93% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Cancer.