Monday July 22, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 22: Day of the Week

July 22, 2024 is the 204th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

July 22 Historical Event(s)

838
Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
1099
First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1587
Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1793
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
1942
Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
1943
World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
1951
Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, “Gypsy”) are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
1977
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
1992
Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.

Who were born on July 22?

1889
James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
1895
León de Greiff, Colombian poet (d. 1976)
1949
Lasse Virén, Finnish long distance runner
1964
Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
1964
John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
1967
Irene Bedard, American actress
1968
Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
1973
Rufus Wainwright, Canadian singer
1978
A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
1980
Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer

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