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: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1450
Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.
The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.

Who were born on ?

Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979)
Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (d. 2010)
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. 2007)
Toni Tennille, American singer
André Boulerice, French-Canadian politician
Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
Keyon Dooling, American basketball player

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