What Day of the Week

July 17, 2021 was the 198^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 167 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1203

  The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault. The Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.
• 1771

  Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, travelling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
• 1856

  The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, kills over 60 people.
• 1933

  After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
• 1948

  The South Korean constitution is proclaimed.
• 1975

  Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
• 1981

  The opening of the Humber Bridge by HM The Queen in England.
• 1989

  First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
• 1996

  TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• 2007

  TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil’s deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.

• 1910

  Barbara O'Neil, American actress, d. 1980
• 1921

  Louis Lachenal, French alpinist, one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters.(d. 1955)
• 1944

  Catherine Schell, Hungarian born British actress
• 1946

  Alun Armstrong, English actor
• 1947

  Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• 1947

  Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1955

  Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
• 1965

  Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
• 1968

  Andre Royo, American actor
• 1975

  Elena Anaya, Spanish actress

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