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 15
July 15, 2024 is the 197th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 169 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.
Historical Events: July 15
- 1149 –The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
- 1685 –Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, England after his defeat at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685.
- 1806 –Pike expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
- 1888 –The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- 1954 –First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
- 1955 –Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- 1980 –A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage.
- 1983 –A terrorist attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
- 2002 –“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
- 2002 –Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Who were born on July 15?
- 1796 –Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (d. 1867)
- 1918 –Joan Roberts, American actress
- 1944 –Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor
- 1948 –Artimus Pyle, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1950 –Colin Barnett, Australian politician
- 1952 –Johnny Thunders, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991)
- 1966 –Jason Bonham, English drummer (Bonham), son of John Bonham
- 1974 –Chris Taylor, Australian comedian (The Chaser)
- 1982 –Neemia Tialata, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1983 –Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
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