What are the important events that happened on July 1, 2004? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 1, 2004: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 1, 2004 is the 183rd day of the year 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 18, 2004 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,088,640,000 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 ‘hectaoctacontatrigon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Penny every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $57.80. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Monkey is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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July 1, 2004 Historical Events
- 2004 –Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
Who died on July 1, 2004?
- 2004 –Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2004 –Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)
- 2004 –Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)
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