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 4
July 4, 2024 is the 186th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
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 4
The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
Historical Events: July 4
- 414 –Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria who reigns as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1054 –A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
- 1826 –Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- 1865 –Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
- 1878 –Thoroughbred horses Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarty run a match race, immortalized in the song Molly and Tenbrooks.
- 1886 –The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
- 1892 –Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
- 1941 –Nazi Germans massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
- 1947 –The “Indian Independence Bill” is presented before British House of Commons, suggesting bifurcation of British India into two sovereign countries – India and Pakistan.
- 1987 –In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the “Butcher of Lyon”) is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Who were born on July 4?
- 1807 –Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and political figure (d. 1882)
- 1937 –Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
- 1938 –Bill Withers, American singer and songwriter
- 1946 –Tish Howard, American model
- 1954 –Jim Beattie, American baseball player
- 1958 –Kirk Pengilly, Australian musician
- 1964 –Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
- 1965 –Jo Whiley, English radio DJ
- 1966 –Minas Hantzidis, Greek footballer
- 1973 –Tony Popovic, Australian soccer player
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