What Day of the Week

July 8, 2020 is the 190^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1709

  Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe.
• 1716

  Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
• 1775

  The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1898

  The death of crime boss Soapy Smith (who is shot) releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
• 1912

  Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the Portuguese First Republic in Chaves.
• 1947

  Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
• 1960

  Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• 1966

  King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
• 1970

  Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
• 2011

  Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

• 1760

  Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
• 1830

  Frederick William Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
• 1908

  Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1975)
• 1933

  Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
• 1949

  Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
• 1951

  Anjelica Huston, American actress
• 1952

  Anna Quindlen, American newspaper columnist
• 1963

  Mark Christopher, American film director
• 1970

  Beck, American singer
• 1986

  Jake McDorman, American actor

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