Monday July 8, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

July 8: Day of the Week

July 8, 2024 is the 190th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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 8 Historical Event(s)

1758
French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1775
The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
1859
King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
1889
The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
1932
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
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.
1962
Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
1966
King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1994
Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.

Who were born on July 8?

1760
Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
1831
John Stith Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
1917
Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
1919
Walter Scheel, German politician
1932
Jerry Vale, American singer
1942
Phil Gramm, American politician
1951
Anjelica Huston, American actress
1952
Marianne Williamson, American spiritual activist and founder of the Peace Alliance
1957
Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-born American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ratt)
2001
Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer

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