What Day of the Week

July 20, 2018 was the 201^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 164 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1304

  Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle – King Edward I of England takes the stronghold using the War Wolf.
• 1807

  Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon Bonaparte for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
• 1871

  British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
• 1932

  In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
• 1944

  World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
• 1960

  The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
• 1968

  The first Special Olympics is held.
• 1974

  Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
• 1976

  The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
• 1980

  The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

• 1897

  Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1996)
• 1910

  Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)
• 1923

  Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
• 1937

  Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
• 1941

  Periklis Korovesis, Greek author and journalist
• 1953

  Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
• 1955

  Jem Finer, English musician and composer (The Pogues)
• 1957

  Nancy Cruzan, American figure in right-to-die case (d. 1990)
• 1959

  Radney Foster, Texas country music singer/songwriter
• 1968

  Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor

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