Birthdays occurring on July, 2

1908

Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908 American jurist and lawyer. 1908-1993 None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. More quotations from Thurgood Marshall

1916

Barry Gray was born on July 2, 1916 American radio show host, regarded as the father of talk radio, b.1916 Everybody except us is running for governor. More quotations from Barry Gray

Deaths occurring on July, 2

1961

Ernest Hemingway died on July 2, 1961 American novelist and short-story writer, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, 1899-1961 The shortest answer is doing the thing. More quotations from Ernest Hemingway

1973

Betty Grable died on July 2, 1973 American film actress, 1916-1973 The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there More quotations from Betty Grable

1977

Vladimir Nabokov died on July 2, 1977 Russian born American novelist, critic and author of "Lolita", 1899-1977 The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. More quotations from Vladimir Nabokov

1991

Lee Remick died on July 2, 1991 I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again. More quotations from Lee Remick