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Lindsay Lohan was signed to Ford Models at the age of three, and gained early recognition as a child actress on the soap operas Guiding Light (1993) and Another World (1996–1997).
Famous Birthdays on July 2
1986 — Lindsay Lohan
American actress and singer
July 2 has 167 recorded notable births across history, from 419 to 1996. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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419 – 1996
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Major events on July 2
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- 1776 American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain. The wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was agreed upon and publicly released two days later, on July 4. Source
- 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. Source
- 1964 Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. Source
- 1823 Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. Source
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team won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics, and Morgan registered 28 goals and 21 assists, becoming the second American woman after Mia Hamm to register 20 goals and 20 assists in a calendar year.
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Thurgood Marshall won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court, culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v.
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Ashley Tisdale achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel teen sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008).
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A major international draw within professional wrestling, he is credited with changing the perception of mainstream North American professional wrestling in the early 1990s by bringing technical wrestling to the fore.
More major people born on July 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1989
Alex Morgan
American soccer player
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player.
1908
Thurgood Marshall
American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1993)
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
1985
Ashley Tisdale
American actress, singer, and producer
Ashley Michelle Tisdale-French is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles on-screen and in theatre.
1957
Bret Hart
Canadian wrestler
Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler.
1937
Richard Petty
American race car driver and sportscaster
Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No.
1993
Vince Staples
American rapper and actor
Vincent Jamal Staples is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
1979
Joe Thornton
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1974
Sean Casey
American baseball player and sportscaster
Sean Thomas Casey, nicknamed "the Mayor", is an American former professional baseball first baseman, coach and media personality.
1714
Christoph Willibald Gluck
German composer (died 1787)
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.
1821
Charles Tupper
Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915)
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896.
1943
Larry Lake
American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
Larry Ellsworth Lake was an American-born Canadian composer, trumpeter, freelance writer on music, radio broadcaster, and record producer. As a composer, he was primarily known for his electronic music.
1927
Brock Peters
American actor (died 2005)
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
1942
Vicente Fox
Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006.
1903
Alec Douglas-Home
English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime…
1940
Kenneth Clarke
English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham is a British politician who served in two of the Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997.
1976
Tomáš Vokoun
Czech-American ice hockey player
Tomáš Vokoun is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1997 to 2013, mainly with the Nashville Predators.
1936
Omar Suleiman
Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer.
1954
Chris Huhne
English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Christopher Murray Paul Huhne is a British energy and climate change consultant, and former journalist, business economist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013…
1985
Chad Henne
American football player
Chad Steven Henne is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).