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: 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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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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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: This Day in History
It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. It is also known as the “Glorious Twelfth” in the UK, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season.
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months since then
is in the rd week of the year (ISO 8601)
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The year is not a leap year
Historical Event(s)
30 BC
Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.
Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans.
Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos.
Waffen SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale.
Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England.
Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.
Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
Who were born on ?
Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
Diamond Jim Brady, American financier (d. 1917)
Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress (d. 1974)
Ben Sealey, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer (d. 1963)
Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011)
Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 2004)
Pat Metheny, American guitarist
Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi theologian and political leader
Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist (HIM)
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