Sunday July 7, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 7: Day of the Week

July 7, 2024 is the 189th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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 7: This Day in History

The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced “Seven-seven”) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London’s transport system. In China, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

July 7 Historical Event(s)

1798
Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the “war”.
1937
Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
1946
Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1953
Ernesto “Che” Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1980
Institution of sharia in Iran.
1981
U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1985
Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
1991
Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2002
A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
2011
Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured.

Who were born on July 7?

1901
Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
1969
Cree Summer, American voice actress
1969
Sylke Otto, German luger
1971
Christian Camargo, American actor
1973
José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1977
D-Loc, American rapper (Kottonmouth Kings)
1977
Felix Vasquez, American municipal employee
1978
Chris Andersen, American basketball player
1980
John Buck, American baseball player
1983
D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)

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