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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