A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 21: Day of the Week
July 21, 2024 is the 203rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
July 21 Historical Event(s)
356 BC
The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
1403
Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.
1568
Eighty Years’ War: Battle of Jemmingen – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
1774
Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war.
1904
Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium.
1914
The Crown council of Romania decides the country shall remain neutral in World War I
1918
SMU U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
1983
The world’s lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C.
1995
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People’s Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
1997
The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
Who were born on July 21?
1898
Sara Carter, Carter Family vocalist/guitarist (d. 1979)
1925
Anne Meacham, American actress (d. 2006)
1952
Susannah Carr, Australian journalist
1953
Jeff Fatt, Chinese-Australian actor
1960
Lance Guest, American actor
1968
Brandi Chastain, American soccer player
1969
Klaus Graf, German racing driver
1973
Ali Landry, American model and actress
1983
Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
1989
Juno Temple, English actress
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