What Day of the Week

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

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

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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.
• 1402

  Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming Dynasty of China.
• 1762

  Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
• 1867

  Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
• 1918

  On the orders of the Bolshevik Party carried out by Cheka, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• 1944

  Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• 1955

  Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
• 1968

  A revolution occurs in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• 1976

  The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
• 1998

  Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.

• 1763

  John Jacob Astor, American businessman (d. 1848)
• 1839

  Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
• 1870

  Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (d. 1939)
• 1901

  Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (d. 1938)
• 1923

  John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000)
• 1929

  Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
• 1942

  Gale Garnett, Canadian singer
• 1960

  Kim Barnett, English cricketer
• 1974

  Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
• 1975

  Harlette, British Fashion Designer lingerie

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