On this day…

These are some of the anniversaries we celebrate today,  the 2nd of July.

In 2005 10 Live 8 concerts held around the world organised by Bob Geldof to raise awareness of poverty.

In 1992 theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking breaks British publishing records on this day in 1992 when his book A Brief History of Time remains on the nonfiction bestseller list for three and a half years, selling more than 3 million copies in 22 languages.

In 1990 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

In 1977 “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky’)” takes the number 1 song spot on the U.S. pop charts.

In 1961 Ernest Hemingway American writer, Nobel Prize laureate died

In 1900 The Zeppelin Takes Off for the First Time The rigid aircraft named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the dirigible and founder of the Zeppelin Airship Construction Company, made its first flight over Lake Constance in Germany.

In 1566 Nostradamus, French astrologer also passed away

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