A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 4: Day of the Week
July 4, 2024 is the 186th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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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 4: This Day in History
The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
July 4 Historical Event(s)
836
Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples.
993
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
1634
The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (Quebec, Canada)
1744
The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois ceded lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, is signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1837
Grand Junction Railway, the world’s first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1863
The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.
1879
Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
1886
The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
1993
Sumitomo Chemical’s resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
2006
North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.
Who were born on July 4?
1719
Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797)
1926
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1927
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
1927
Neil Simon, American playwright
1928
Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer
1930
George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
1948
Jeremy Spencer, English musician
1962
Neil Morrissey, English actor
1984
Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer
1990
Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
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