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, 28,671,840 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 ‘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
- 1575 –Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1807 –Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
- 1863 –United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- 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.
- 1978 –The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1980 –During the Lebanese civil war, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
- 1980 –Institution of sharia in Iran.
- 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.
- 2002 –A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.
- 2011 –Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured.
Who were born on July 7?
- 1207 –Princess Elisabeth of Hungary Catholic saint (d. 1231)
- 1833 –Félicien Rops, Belgian artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint (d. 1898)
- 1860 –Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
- 1929 –Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
- 1947 –Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
- 1959 –Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
- 1970 –Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
- 1971 –Christian Camargo, American actor
- 1973 –Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1978 –Davor Kraljević, Croatian footballer
Who died on July 7?
- 1663 –Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
- 1730 –Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1688 or 1690)
- 1790 –François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
- 1855 –Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
- 1925 –Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
- 1956 –Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886)
- 1968 –Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1972 –King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
- 2006 –John Money, New Zealand-born American sexologist (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)
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