What Day of the Week

July 18, 2021 was the 199^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 166 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 390 BCE

  Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
• 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.
• 1862

  First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 1870

  The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• 1942

  World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time.
• 1944

  World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1504

  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)
• 1635

  Robert Hooke, English scientist (d. 1703)
• 1845

  Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)
• 1886

  Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
• 1916

  Johnny Hopp, baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1917

  Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)
• 1918

  Nelson Mandela, South African politician, President (1994-1999); Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1939

  Brian Auger, British musician
• 1980

  Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
• 1982

  Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host

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