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 21
July 21, 2025 is the 202nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 163 days remaining until the end of 2025. 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 21
- 1718 –The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
- 1865 –In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
- 1925 –Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the 150 mph land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph.
- 1944 –World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
- 1949 –The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
- 1969 –Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20 in North America).
- 1973 –In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
- 1983 –The world’s lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C.
- 2005 –Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London’s public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
- 2011 –NASA’s Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
Who were born on July 21?
- 1911 –Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and media theorist (d. 1980)
- 1926 –Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1946 –Barry Whitwam, British musician (Herman’s Hermits)
- 1948 –Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer/songwriter
- 1951 –Robin Williams, American comedian/actor
- 1964 –Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
- 1971 –Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper
- 1971 –Marcus Eoin, Scottish musician (Boards of Canada)
- 1978 –Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer
- 1980 –Tailor James, Canadian model
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