What Day of the Week

July 23, 2023 was the 204^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 161 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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Leo 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.

• 1632

  Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
• 1677

  Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
• 1829

  In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
• 1840

  The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
• 1942

  World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• 1961

  The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
• 1986

  In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
• 1992

  A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples.
• 1995

  Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered; it will become visible to the naked eye nearly a year later.
• 1999

  Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father.

• 1856

  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian nationalist (d. 1920)
• 1923

  Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1938

  Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host
• 1948

  John Hall, American politician and songwriter
• 1959

  Nancy Savoca, American filmmaker
• 1971

  Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
• 1973

  Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player
• 1977

  Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
• 1985

  Ólafur Hannesson, Icelandic television personality
• 1985

  Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer

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