What Day of the Week

July 29, 2020 was the 211^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 155 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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• 615

  Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
• 1030

  Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
• 1836

  Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
• 1858

  United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• 1900

  In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• 1937

  Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu (China), the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• 1957

  The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• 1967

  During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
• 1976

  In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the “Son of Sam”) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• 1993

  The Israeli Supreme Court acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

• 1843

  Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
• 1878

  Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
• 1897

  Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
• 1905

  Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
• 1911

  Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1917

  Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, the last survivor of the Führerbunker
• 1924

  Elizabeth Short, American waitress, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
• 1959

  Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
• 1979

  Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1985

  Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer

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