1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy
On 2 July 1990, 1,426 people were suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event in a tunnel near Mecca during the Hajj.
On This Day — 2 July
Disasters recorded on 2 July across the years, drawn from our archive of historical events.
5 recordedDisasters on 2 July
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2016
July 2016 Baghdad bombings
On 3 July 2016, Islamic State (IS) militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed up to 1,000 civilians and injured hundreds more. A few minutes after midnight local time (2 July, 21:00 UTC), a suicide truck-bomb targ…
2010
2010 South Kivu road tanker explosion
This is a list of notable tank truck fires and explosions.
1993
Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy
The Bocaue pagoda tragedy was a fatal accident that occurred on July 2, 1993, during the Bocaue Pagoda Festival in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The accident was the result of the festivities' centerpiece – a floating pagoda – sinking, whic…
2020
2020 Hpakant jade mine disaster
On 2 July 2020, a major landslide at the Wai Khar jade mining site in the Hpakant area of Kachin State, Myanmar, killed between 175 and 200 miners in the country's deadliest-ever mining incident. At 06:30 local time (MMT) heavy rains trigge…