Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 2
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- 1644 - The Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, was fought near York.
- 1839 - 53 African slaves mutinied on the slave ship La Amistad off the coast of Cuba.
- 1900 - First Zeppelin flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. (pictured)
- 1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
- 1976 - North and South Vietnam united to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
