| July 2, 1767 |
Third Townshend Act
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| July 2, 1791 |
Treaty with the Cherokee, commonly called the Treaty of the Holston. This treaty redefined the cession of a portion of Georgia including Currahee Mountain, based on a 1790 treaty with the Creek Indians. |
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Treaty with the Cherokee |
| July 2, 1810 |
Robert Augustus Toombs born, Wilkes County, Georgia
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Wilkes County, Georgia |
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Robert Toombs |
| July 2, 1861 |
Farish Carter dies, Milledgeville
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Milledgeville |
| July 2, 1864 |
Harpers Weekly features sketch of the "Battle of Woodlands"
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| July 2, 1864 |
Union force capture Sweetwater Mill at New Manchester, GA. |
| July 2, 1930 |
Following his victory in the British Open, golfer Bobby Jones is the guest of honor at a New Yok ticker type parade. |
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Bobby Jones |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| July 2, 1942 |
Eighth Army Air Corps flies the first European mission of the USAAC (United States Army Air Corps). It is a low-level bombing run against a series of small air bases in the Netherlands. For some reason this date is frequently misquoted as July 4 and the location moved to the marshalling area at Rouen. |
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Eighth Air Force |
| July 2, 1956 |
Diocese of Atlanta is established
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| July 2, 1957 |
Senator Richard B. Russell speaks on the floor of the U. S. Senate in an attempt to weaken the Civil Rights bill now under consideration. The senator claims the bill will unfairly "punish The South" and claims that President Eisenhower does not understand the full implications of the bill.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| July 2, 1963 |
Warren Spahn in epic battle against Juan Marichal, as they each pitched 16 scoreless innings. Marichal's Giants eventually beat Spahn's Braves 1-0 on a Willie Mays homer
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| July 2, 1966 |
Sweet Pea by Tommy Roe reaches #8 on Billboard
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Tommy Roe |
| July 2, 1976 |
In Gregg vs. Georgia the U. S. Supreme Court upholds the death penalty for murder, clarifying an earlier opinion that found the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment because of its arbitrary application
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| July 2, 2002 |
Police in Thailand arrest James Sullivan at the exclusive Springfield Beach Resort for conspiring to kill his wife Lita in 1987. A local citizen had seen Sullivan on America's Most Wanted. This date is occasionally listed as July 1, local Atlanta time. |
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James Sullivan and the murder of Lita Sullivan |
