This Day In History

July 2
1555
The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
1776
The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
1853
The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachiaproviding the spark that set off the Crimean War.
1871
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
1881
Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
1853
The Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachiaproviding the spark that set off the Crimean War.
1940
Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
1976
Fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declares their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.