What Day of the Week

July 8, 2019 was the 189^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 176 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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Here’s the July calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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• 1497

  Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
• 1579

  Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
• 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.
• 1864

  Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• 1892

  St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• 1907

  Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• 1960

  Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 1988

  The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.

• 1919

  Walter Scheel, German politician
• 1931

  Roone Arledge, American sports broadcaster (d. 2002)
• 1940

  Ben Chapman, English politician and civil servant
• 1942

  Phil Gramm, American politician
• 1962

  Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
• 1966

  Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor
• 1971

  John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
• 1972

  Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
• 1982

  Joshua Alba, American actor
• 1984

  Alexis Dziena, American actress

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