What are the important events that happened on July 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 1 is the 183rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 18, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,720 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontatrigon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 212 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,210 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 1: This Day In History
The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year’s Day in a leap year.
July 1 Historical Events
- 1879 –Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
- 1923 –The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
- 1931 –United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
- 1947 –The Philippine Air Force is established.
- 1957 –The International Geophysical Year begins.
- 1962 –Independence of Burundi.
- 1968 –The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
- 1976 –Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
- 1999 –The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
- 2004 –Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.
Who were born on July 1?
- 1931 –Leslie Caron, French actress
- 1945 –Mike Burstyn, Israeli-born American actor
- 1951 –Trevor Eve, British actor
- 1975 –Sufjan Stevens, American singer and musician
- 1977 –Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist
- 1977 –Pamela Rogers Turner, former elementary school physical education teacher/coach and convicted sex offender
- 1982 –Adrian Ward, American football player
- 1982 –Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- 1983 –Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
- 1989 –Daniel Ricciardo, Australian racing driver
Who died on July 1?
- 1109 –King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040)
- 1784 –Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)
- 1976 –Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)
- 1983 –R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1984 –Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian educator (b. 1904)
- 1994 –Merriam Modell, American novelist (b. 1908)
- 1996 –Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 2004 –Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
- 2008 –Mark Dean Schwab, American rapist and murderer (b. 1968)
- 2009 –Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
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