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: 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 vendredi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini 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 nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
weeks ago
The year is not a leap year
Historical Event(s)
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Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers.
Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
New York, New York’s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
Launch of Surveyor 1 the first US spacecraft to achieve landing on an extraterrestrial body.
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high “Goddess of Democracy” statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
Who were born on ?
Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)
Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, French Canadian politician (d. 1890)
Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)
Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003)
Harry Statham, American basketball coach
P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball coach
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