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July 22: Day of the Week
July 22, 2024 is the 204th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 162 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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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 22 Historical Event(s)
1793
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
1796
Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio “Cleveland” after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
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.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
1934
Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
1942
Holocaust: the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
1944
The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland
1962
Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
1977
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
2011
Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first being a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, the second being a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
Who were born on July 22?
1713
Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (d. 1780)
1913
Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
1941
George Clinton, American singer and musician (Parliament, Funkadelic)
1946
Danny Glover, American actor
1953
Paul Quarrington, Canadian playwright and educator (d. 2010)
1954
Pierre Lebeau, Canadian actor
1954
Steve LaTourette, American politician
1964
Don Van Natta, Jr., American journalist
1971
Kristine Lilly, American footballer
1980
Kate Ryan, Belgian singer
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters YQQENOELFH? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters YQQENOELFH. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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