What Day of the Week

July 18, 2019 is the 199^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 166 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1334

  The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, fails in their assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• 1955

  The first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
• 1976

  Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
• 1982

  268 campesinos (“peasants” or “country people”) are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt’s Guatemala.
• 1984

  McDonald’s massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
• 1992

  The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
• 1994

  The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentinian Jewish Communal Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
• 1995

  On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
• 1996

  Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army’s base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.

• 1886

  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
• 1906

  S. I. Hayakawa, American semanticist and politician (d. 1992)
• 1920

  Eric Brandon, British racing driver (d. 1982)
• 1933

  Jean Yanne, French film actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1933

  Syd Mead, American industrial and conceptual designer
• 1933

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
• 1948

  Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1950

  Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
• 1966

  Lori Alan, American actress
• 1993

  Lee Taemin, South Korean singer, dancer and actor (Shinee)

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