What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1656

  Polish-Lithuanian forces clash with Sweden and its Brandenburg allies in the start of what is to be known as The Battle of Warsaw which ends in a decisive Swedish victory.
• 1857

  Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French.
• 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.
• 1966

  Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
• 1968

  The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
• 1969

  After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
• 1982

  268 campesinos (“peasants” or “country people”) are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt’s Guatemala.
• 1992

  The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappear from their university in Lima.
• 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)
• 1895

  Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (d. 1991)
• 1947

  Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
• 1948

  Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1950

  Jack Layton, Canadian politician (d. 2011)
• 1950

  Mark Udall, American politician
• 1950

  Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur
• 1983

  Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
• 1988

  César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
• 1993

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

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