What Day of the Week

July 22, 2021 was the 203^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 162 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 838

  Battle of Anzen: the Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
• 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.
• 1587

  Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
• 1706

  The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed by each countries’ Parliaments, lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
• 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.
• 1934

  Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
• 1937

  New Deal: the United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1942

  Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
• 1946

  King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
• 1997

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

• 1210

  Joan of England, Queen of Scots, wife of Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1238)
• 1478

  King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
• 1942

  Peter Habeler, Austrian mountaineer
• 1943

  Bobby Sherman, American singer and actor
• 1944

  Rick Davies, British keyboardist (Supertramp)
• 1949

  Lasse Virén, Finnish long distance runner
• 1969

  Despina Vandi, Greek singer
• 1978

  A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
• 1978

  Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
• 1988

  Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer

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