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

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of her crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
Aberdeen F.C. defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.

Who were born on ?

Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
William Grant Still, American composer (d. 1978)
Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
Jim Jeffords, former American politician
Frances Fisher, English-born actress
Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)
Manuel Schenkhuizen, Dutch gamer
David Alvarez, Canadian dancer and actor

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