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 188^th 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, 486,624 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 ‘hectaoctacontaoctagon’ 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 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.

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

• 1456 –
  A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
• 1585 –
  The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
• 1770 –
  The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• 1941 –
  World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
• 1946 –
  Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• 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.
• 1958 –
  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
• 1978 –
  The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1981 –
  U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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)
• 1833 –
  Félicien Rops, Belgian artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint (d. 1898)
• 1891 –
  Virginia Rappe, American actress (d. 1921)
• 1921 –
  Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
• 1937 –
  Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
• 1943 –
  Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
• 1945 –
  Michael Ancram, British politician
• 1960 –
  Ralph Sampson, American basketball player
• 1973 –
  Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1986 –
  Ana Kasparian, American radio personality

Who died on July 7?

• 1701 –
  William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
• 1776 –
  Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
• 1865 –
  George Atzerodt, German-born conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1833)
• 1925 –
  Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
• 1972 –
  King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
• 1980 –
  Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
• 1990 –
  Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
• 1993 –
  Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (b. 1965)
• 2006 –
  John Money, New Zealand-born American sexologist (b. 1921)
• 2008 –
  Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)