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 French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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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• 1499

  Battle of Dornach – The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
• 1587

  Colony of Roanoke: a second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
• 1686

  Albany, New York is formally chartered as a municipality by Governor Thomas Dongan.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1916

  In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 and injuring 40.
• 1962

  Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• 1993

  Great Flood of 1993: levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
• 2002

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

• 1889

  James Whale, English film director (d. 1957)
• 1923

  The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1937

  Chuck Jackson, R&B singer
• 1944

  Rick Davies, British keyboardist (Supertramp)
• 1954

  Steve LaTourette, American politician
• 1965

  Shawn Michaels, American professional wrestler
• 1980

  Scott Dixon, New Zealand racing driver
• 1983

  Arsenie Todiraş, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• 1991

  Matthew James, English footballer
• 1997

  Field Cate, American actor

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