What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1579

  Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
• 1760

  French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
• 1889

  The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
• 1892

  St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• 1912

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

• 1621

  Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
• 1933

  Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
• 1934

  Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and politician
• 1942

  Janice Pennington, American game show model
• 1955

  Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
• 1958

  Neetu Singh, Indian actress
• 1965

  Lee Tergesen, American actor
• 1966

  Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
• 1973

  Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
• 1988

  Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player

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