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
- 836 –Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples.
- 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.
- 1776 –American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1810 –The French occupy Amsterdam.
- 1862 –Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
- 1865 –Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published.
- 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.
- 1934 –Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
- 1960 –Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
- 1982 –Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
Who were born on July 4?
- 1790 –George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
- 1799 –King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (d. 1859)
- 1920 –Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
- 1924 –Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1942 –Floyd Little, American football player
- 1965 –Harvey Grant, American basketball player
- 1967 –Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player
- 1972 –William Goldsmith, American drummer (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters)
- 1973 –Elton Williams, Montserratian footballer
- 1973 –Gackt, Japanese musician
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