What Day of the Week

July 22, 2020 is the 204^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1484

  Battle of Lochmaben Fair – A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany’s brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
• 1797

  Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
• 1894

  The first ever motorized racing event is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The race is won by Comte Jules-Albert de Dion.
• 1933

  Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling 15596 mi in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
• 1942

  The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
• 1951

  Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, “Gypsy”) are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
• 1976

  Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during the imperial Japan’s conquest of the country in the Second World War
• 1991

  Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment.
• 2002

  Israel kills Salah Shahade, the Commander-in-Chief of Hamas’s military arm, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
• 2003

  Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

• 1944

  Anand Satyanand, New Zealander politician
• 1944

  Dennis Firestone, Australian racing driver
• 1949

  Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai
• 1951

  Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Head of the Romanian Orthodox Church
• 1954

  Steve LaTourette, American politician
• 1963

  Rob Estes, American actor
• 1964

  John Leguizamo, Colombian actor
• 1978

  Martyn Lee, English radio presenter
• 1983

  Arsenie Todiraş, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• 1985

  Takudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player

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