July 3

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years); 182 days remain until the end of the year.

Observances

• Emancipation Day (United States Virgin Islands)

• Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944 (Belarus)

• The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures

• Women's Day (Myanmar)

• National Independent Beer Run Day (US)

• V.I. Emancipation Day (US)

• StartTheConversation Day (US)

• American Redneck Day (US)

• International Drop a Rock Day