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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

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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

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by the Numbers

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

Historical Event(s)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.
Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
The 1929 Palestine riots break out in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
An assassination attempt is made on Japan’s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.
Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.

Who were born on ?

1355
Countess Philippa Plantagenet of Ulster (d. 1382)
Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)
Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
Menachem Begin, Israeli statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive
Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer
Oscar Collodo, Swiss-born Italian rugby player and coach
Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress
Jimmy Arias, American tennis player

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