Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 1
July 1, 2024 is the 183rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: July 1
The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year’s Day in a leap year.
Historical Events: July 1
- 1862 –The Russian State Library is founded.
- 1874 –The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
- 1916 –World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
- 1948 –Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
- 1957 –The International Geophysical Year begins.
- 1960 –Independence of Somalia.
- 1987 –The American radio station WFAN in New York, New York is launched as the world’s first all-sports radio station.
- 2003 –Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
- 2004 –Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
- 2006 –The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People’s Republic of China.
Who were born on July 1?
- 1804 –George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
- 1899 –Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)
- 1933 –C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)
- 1934 –Jean Marsh, English actress
- 1948 –John Ford, English songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs)
- 1956 –Alan Ruck, American actor
- 1965 –Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director
- 1971 –Jamie Walker, American baseball player
- 1977 –Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist
- 1983 –Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
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