ON THIS DAY 7 2 2023

This Day in History: July 2

Featured Event

1937

The airplane piloted by American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during her attempt to fly around the world.

Amelia Earhart, in full Amelia Mary Earhart, (born July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas, U.S.—disappeared July 2, 1937, near Howland Island, central Pacific Ocean), American aviator, one of the world’s most celebrated, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Her disappearance during a flight around the world in 1937 became an enduring mystery, fueling much speculation. Earhart’s father was a railroad lawyer, and her mother came from an affluent family. While still a child, Earhart displayed an adventurous and independent nature for which she would later become known. After the death of her grandparents, the family ...(100 of 964 words)

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Featured Biography

Larry David
American comedian and writer





Larry David, in full Lawrence Gene David, (born July 2, 1947, Brooklyn, New York), American comedian and actor who is best known as the cocreator of the television series Seinfeld (1989–98) and as the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000– ).
David attended the University of Maryland and graduated (1970) with a degree in history. He then returned to Brooklyn and found work with a bra wholesaler, one of the many David biographical details—including quitting a job and then returning to work as if the resignation never happened, stealing an answering machine tape so that a girlfriend would not hear the message he had left, and starting a soon-to-be infamous self-denial contest with his friends—that would later turn up in the life of Seinfeld’s “lovable loser” George Costanza.

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