What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1099

  First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1793

  Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
• 1805

  Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• 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.
• 1943

  World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.
• 1951

  Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, “Gypsy”) are the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight.
• 1997

  The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• 2002

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

• 1733

  Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
• 1863

  Alec Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1952)
• 1890

  Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American Kennedy family matriarch (d. 1995)
• 1941

  Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
• 1948

  Otto Waalkes, German comedian
• 1964

  Adam Godley, British actor
• 1967

  Lauren Booth, British journalist
• 1972

  Keyshawn Johnson, American football player
• 1973

  Daniel Jones, English-born Australian musician (Savage Garden)
• 1980

  Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer

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