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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 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.
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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)
1497
Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
1663
Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1760
French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
1864
Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
1879
Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
1892
St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
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.
1994
Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Who were born on July 8?
1545
Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
1867
Käthe Kollwitz, German painter, printmaker and sculptor (d. 1945)
1892
Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962)
1920
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
1949
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
1952
Anna Quindlen, American newspaper columnist
1972
Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1981
Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
2000
Sophie Nyweide, American actress
2001
Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer
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