What are the important events that happened on July 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 7 is the 189^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 24, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,671,840 minutes 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 ‘hectaoctacontaenneagon’ day.

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 206 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 4,216 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 7: This Day In History

The terms 7th July, July 7th, and 7/7 (pronounced “Seven-seven”) have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the 7 July 2005 bombings on London’s transport system. In China, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

July 7 Historical Events

• 1456 –
  A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
• 1770 –
  The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
• 1807 –
  Napoleonic Wars: the Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the Fourth Coalition.
• 1863 –
  United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• 1892 –
  Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
• 1941 –
  World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
• 1946 –
  Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
• 1946 –
  Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
• 1954 –
  Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”
• 2002 –
  A scandal breaks out in the United Kingdom when news reports accuse MI6 of sheltering Abu Qatada, the supposed European Al Qaeda leader.

Who were born on July 7?

• 1902 –
  Ted Radcliffe, American baseball player and centenarian (d. 2005)
• 1922 –
  Alan Armer, American television producer, and director (d. 2010)
• 1940 –
  Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
• 1952 –
  Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1963 –
  Vonda Shepard, American singer
• 1969 –
  Cree Summer, American voice actress
• 1972 –
  Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
• 1984 –
  Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
• 1984 –
  Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1988 –
  Jack Whitehall, British comedian

Who died on July 7?

• 1307 –
  King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
• 1913 –
  Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b. 1841)
• 1925 –
  Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
• 1971 –
  Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
• 1971 –
  Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1984 –
  Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954)
• 1984 –
  Carl Boenish, American BASE jumping supporter (b. 1941)
• 1999 –
  Julie Campbell Tatham, American writer (b. 1908)
• 2006 –
  Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
• 2008 –
  Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter and photographer (b. 1933)