Browsing: July 2

A Brief History On July 2, 2025, Jurassic World Rebirth was released in the United States by Universal Pictures. Digging Deeper Among our favorite movie franchises, the Jurassic Park offer the eye candy and action we love so much, and this latest edition offers both the visuals and the action in spades!  With the pedigree of the iconic dinosaurs films, this edition would reasonably expected to be a blockbuster, costing $180 to produce and returning a highly lucrative $53 million in barely over two weeks at the box office. British director Gareth Edwards earned his big screen chops with the likes…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 2nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 2, 1776, The Thirteen British Colonies voted to declare themselves independent from the crown. On July 2, 1777, Vermont became the first territory in what had just (kind of) become the United States to abolish slavery. On July 2, 1816, a French sailing ship, the Méduse, struck bottom off the coast of Mauritania, dooming the vessel. On July 2, 1937,…

A Brief History On July 2, 1990, 1,426 faithful Muslims attending the annual pilgrimage to Mecca called the “Hajj,” were trampled and suffocated to death in a tunnel.  Sadly, the Hajj is no stranger to such disasters, although not necessarily on this scale. Digging Deeper The incident happened as several people fell off a pedestrian bridge over a huge column of other faithful passing through the 550 meter long tunnel.  When the crowd below had people land on them, a rush followed causing constriction of the crowd in the tunnel, resulting in trampling and suffocation.  The tunnel, designed for only…

A Brief History On July 2, 1776, The Thirteen British Colonies voted to declare themselves independent from the crown. And two days after the historic vote, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the United States of America was formed.  Today, the United States of America is known as a North American nation that is the world’s most dominant economic and military power. If you want to learn more about the history of this country, you should visit its historic places. In fact, there are so many beautiful cities in the United States. And it might be difficult for you…

A Brief History On July 2, 2019, the latest Marvel superhero movie, Spider-Man: Far From Home, makes its debut across the United States.  Having already premiered in Hollywood, the 27th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe already holds an incredible 91% approval rating on critical aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.  (Audience scores are not yet available as of the writing of this review.)  Acting performances and directing are all spot on, and of course, the special effects are indeed something special.  Lots of eye candy for fans of bright, colorful eye-popping effects. Digging Deeper Once again starring Tom Holland as the…