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 188th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 24, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,751,846,400 seconds 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 ‘hectaoctacontaoctagon’ day.
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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 225 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 4,581 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.
- 1575 –Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1865 –American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
- 1898 –U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
- 1915 –An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
- 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.
- 1930 –Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- 1941 –World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
- 1959 –Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
- 2005 –A series of four explosions occurs on London’s transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
Who were born on July 7?
- 1752 –Joseph Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
- 1843 –Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
- 1933 –Murray Halberg, New Zealand middle distance runner
- 1952 –Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1957 –Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
- 1967 –Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1970 –Erik Zabel, German cyclist
- 1970 –Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
- 1971 –Alistair Potts, British rower
- 1973 –Matt Mantei, American baseball player
Who died on July 7?
- 1537 –Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
- 1663 –Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
- 1855 –Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
- 1865 –Lewis Payne, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1844)
- 1973 –Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
- 1984 –Carl Boenish, American BASE jumping supporter (b. 1941)
- 1994 –Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
- 2000 –Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
- 2008 –Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter and photographer (b. 1933)
- 2008 –Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)
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