What happened this day in history July 15, 2008

What are the important events that happened on July 15, 2008? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 15, 2008: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 15, 2008 is the 197th day of the year 2008 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 2, 2008 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 20,268,000 minutes 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 ‘hectaenneacontaheptagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a Half dollar every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $1,955.00. (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.

Rat is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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Who died on July 15, 2008?

  • 2008
    György Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1972)
  • 2008
    Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (b. 1970)

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