What Day of the Week
July 4: Day of the Week
July 4, 2021 was the 185th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer 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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July 4: This Day in History
The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
July 4 Historical Event(s)
- 993Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized.
- 1054A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
- 1253Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
- 1456The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. (Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe)
- 1569The King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus finally sign the document of union between Poland and Lithuania, creating new country known as Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1634The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (Quebec, Canada)
- 1892Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
- 1913President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
- 1934Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
- 1960Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
Who were born on July 4?
- 1694Louis-Claude Daquin, French composer (d. 1772)
- 1854Bill Tilghman, American peace officer (d. 1924)
- 1924Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1938Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
- 1943Emerson Boozer, American football player
- 1943Konrad “Conny” Bauer, German musician
- 1956Mark Belling, American radio talkshow host
- 1966Lee Reherman, American actor
- 1977Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
- 1979Renny Vega, Venezuelan soccer player
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