What Day of the Week

July 24, 2020 is the 206^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1148

  Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
• 1715

  A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
• 1823

  Slavery is abolished in Chile.
• 1915

  The passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• 1931

  A fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania kills 48 people.
• 1937

  Alabama drops rape charges against the so-called “Scottsboro Boys”.
• 1966

  Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
• 1977

  End of a four day long Libyan-Egyptian War.
• 1982

  Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
• 2001

  Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there are no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy.

• 1826

  Ivan Bloch, Polish military theorist and peace activist (d. 1902)
• 1916

  John D. MacDonald, American novelist, (d. 1986)
• 1917

  Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1919

  Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss cyclist
• 1946

  Leo Anthony Gallagher, American comedian
• 1950

  Marc Jampole, American poet
• 1957

  Larry Gott, English musician
• 1957

  Pam Tillis, American singer
• 1969

  Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer
• 1979

  José Valverde, American baseball player

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