What happened this day in history July 7

What are the important events that happened on July 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 7 is the 189th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 24, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,864 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontaenneagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 206 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,216 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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July 7: This Day In History

The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced “Seven-seven”) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London’s transport system. In China, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

July 7 Historical Events

  • 1534
    European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
  • 1543
    French troops invade Luxembourg.
  • 1798
    Quasi-War: the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the “war”.
  • 1892
    Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
  • 1911
    The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • 1915
    Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
  • 1941
    World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
  • 1946
    Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
  • 1952
    The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop’s Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
  • 2002
    A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.

Who were born on July 7?

  • 1528
    Archduchess Anna of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
  • 1656
    Guru Har Krishan, Indian religious figure (d. 1664)
  • 1902
    Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005)
  • 1943
    Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
  • 1963
    Vonda Shepard, American singer
  • 1975
    Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
  • 1980
    Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
  • 1983
    D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
  • 1986
    Ana Kasparian, American radio personality
  • 2000
    Princess Purnika of Nepal

Who died on July 7?

  • 1647
    Thomas Hooker, English-born Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
  • 1701
    William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
  • 1730
    Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1688 or 1690)
  • 1764
    William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
  • 1878
    Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
  • 1930
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
  • 1965
    Moshe Sharett, Ukraine-born 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
  • 1968
    Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
  • 1972
    King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
  • 2003
    Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)

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