What Day of the Week

July 15, 2020 was the 197^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 169 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1789

  Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
• 1799

  The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign.
• 1806

  Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
• 1838

  Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
• 1920

  The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• 1927

  Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• 1954

  First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• 1979

  U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called “malaise” speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as “this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation” but in which he never uses the word malaise
• 1980

  A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.
• 1985

  The Nintendo Entertainment System, the best-selling game console of its time, is released in Japan.

• 1837

  Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, German-born Queen consort of Portugal, wife of King Peter V of Portugal (d. 1859)
• 1865

  Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)
• 1950

  Arianna Huffington, Greek-born American newspaper columnist
• 1954

  Jeff Jarvis, American journalist
• 1956

  Ian Curtis, British singer and songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
• 1960

  Kim Alexis, American supermodel and actress
• 1961

  Forest Whitaker, American actor
• 1961

  Jean-Christophe Grangé, French writer and screenwriter
• 1982

  Neemia Tialata, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1985

  Chris Tiu, Filipino professional basketball player, TV host, commercial model, and politician

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