Births on July 2

Harriet Brooks

Born on July 2, 1876

Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (d. 1933)

Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933) was the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her graduate work, regarded her as comparable to Marie Curie in the calibre of her aptitude. She was among the first persons to discover radon and to try to determine its atomic mass.

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Events on 1876

2 Feb

Major League Baseball
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
10 Mar

Alexander Graham Bell
The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
22 Apr

MLB
The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.
4 Jun

First Transcontinental Railroad
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
25 Nov

Battle of the Little Bighorn
American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

Births on July 2

Harriet Brooks

Born on July 2, 1876

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Events on 1876

Major League Baseball

Alexander Graham Bell

MLB

First Transcontinental Railroad

Battle of the Little Bighorn