Sunday July 7, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 7: Day of the Week

July 7, 2024 is the 189th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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.

July 7: This Day in History

The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced “Seven-seven”) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London’s transport system. In China, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

July 7 Historical Event(s)

1543
French troops invade Luxembourg.
1915
Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
1941
World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
1944
World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
1952
The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop’s Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
1953
Ernesto “Che” Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1954
Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”
1958
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1978
The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
2002
A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.

Who were born on July 7?

1851
Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
1893
Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
1911
Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
1941
Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
1943
Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
1954
Rami Fortis, Israeli rock singer (Minimal Compact)
1968
Amy Carlson, American actress
1970
Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1974
Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
1978
Chris Andersen, American basketball player

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