Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/July 2

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• July 2 is the midpoint of a common year.
• 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
• 1932 – Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur, is born. (d. 2002)
• 1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.