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 8
July 8, 2025 is the 189th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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.
Historical Events: July 8
- 1099 –First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
- 1579 –Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
- 1709 –Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe.
- 1716 –Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
- 1879 –Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- 1889 –The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1912 –Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the Portuguese First Republic in Chaves.
- 1937 –Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
- 1982 –Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
- 1994 –Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
Who were born on July 8?
- 1528 –Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
- 1830 –Frederick William Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
- 1830 –Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, German-born wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (d. 1911)
- 1867 –Käthe Kollwitz, German painter, printmaker and sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1914 –Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (d. 2010)
- 1923 –Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1949 –Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
- 1961 –Andrew Fletcher, English vocalist and synth and bass player (Depeche Mode)
- 1977 –Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- 1984 –Alexis Dziena, American actress
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