What Day of the Week

July 21, 2021 is the 202^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 356 BC

  The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
• 230

  Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
• 365

  A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami was caused by the Crete earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter Scale. 5,000 people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city.
• 1831

  Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
• 1865

  In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
• 1925

  Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
• 1925

  Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the 150 mph land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph.
• 1944

  World War II: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
• 1961

  Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission – Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
• 2005

  Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London’s public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.

• 1924

  Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1945

  John Lowe, English darts player
• 1945

  Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
• 1959

  Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player
• 1972

  Shinjiro Otani, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1975

  Chris Bisson, British actor
• 1977

  Jaime Murray, British actress
• 1981

  Blake Lewis, American musician
• 1984

  Jurrick Juliana, Dutch footballer
• 1988

  DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player

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