What Day of the Week

July 23, 2020 is the 205^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.

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• 1677

  Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
• 1821

  While Mora Rebellion continuing, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle and massacred nearly 3000 Turkish inhabitants.
• 1926

  Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
• 1942

  World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
• 1952

  General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
• 1952

  The European Coal and Steel community is established.
• 1968

  The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel.
• 1970

  Qaboos ibn Sa’id becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur initiating massive reforms ;modernisation programs and end to a decade long civil war.
• 1984

  Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
• 1992

  Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.

• 1705

  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)
• 1838

  Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. 1910)
• 1884

  Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. 1950)
• 1928

  Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)
• 1942

  Dimitris Liantinis, Greek philosopher
• 1946

  Andy Mackay, oboe and saxophone player (Roxy Music)
• 1973

  Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern
• 1974

  Kathryn Hahn, American actress
• 1978

  Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
• 1983

  David Strettle, English rugby player

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