About the day » Thursday July 2, 2009Calender converter

• Gerald R Dieterman (81), Kent County, Michigan
• Cornelis van Duijn (103), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Doherty (66)
• Byrle Marie Hanson (84), Sherwood, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Gerald Dieterman (81), Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Geertruida Alida Jacoba Tulen (71), Hillegom
• Antonia Cornelia Maria van den Berg (51), Noordwijkerhout
• Antoine Gerard wesdorp (37), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Grietje Hofsteenge (91), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Engelbertus Cornelis Groen (62), IJmuiden

• 1990 » Danny Rose, English footballer
• 1990 » Kayla Harrison, American judoka
• 1990 » Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer
• 1990 » Merritt Mathias, American soccer player
• 1990 » Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player
• 1992 » Madison Chock, American ice dancer
• 1993 » Vince Staples, American rapper and actor
• 1994 » Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier
• 1995 » Ryan Murphy, American swimmer
• 1996 » Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player

• 2006 » Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1956)
• 2010 » Beryl Bainbridge, English screenwriter and author (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Julian Goodman, American journalist (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1923)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Jesse
3. Thijs
4. Daan
5. Lucas
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Tobias
9. Levi
10. Tim
11. Jan
12. Mitchel
13. Lars
14. Jayden
15. Luuk
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Sanne
8. Eva
9. Anne
10. Lisa
11. Noor
12. Charlotte
13. Isa
14. Evi
15. Delphine
16. Lotte

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
• April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• June 10 » James Wenneker von Brunn, who was 88-years-old, opened fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
• August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
• August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
• December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

The temperature on July 2, 2009 was between 16.6 °C and 29.7 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.