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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 238

  The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
• 1014

  Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
• 1793

  John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
• 1858

  United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• 1899

  The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 1948

  Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad – after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• 1957

  The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• 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.
• 1981

  A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
• 1987

  British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

• 1805

  Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
• 1883

  Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (d. 1945)
• 1909

  Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984)
• 1915

  Bruce R. McConkie, American Mormon apostle and writer (d. 1985)
• 1938

  Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
• 1974

  Afroman, American rapper
• 1979

  Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979

  Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1980

  Ryan Braun, Canadian-born American baseball player
• 1982

  Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer

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