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On This Day · The 188th day of the year

July 7

From 1534 to 1991, July 7 gathers 457 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 7 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on July 7?

July 7 is the 188th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1534 and 1991. Famous people born on July 7 include Yanka Kupala, Ringo Starr and Gustav Mahler.

Released on July 7

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • TV Wistoria: Wand and Sword
  • TV FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST

2023

  • TV Rurouni Kenshin

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1534

    Jacques Cartier

  2. 1798

    XYZ Affair

  3. 1911

    North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911

  4. 1937

    Peel Commission

  5. 1944

    World War II

  6. 1953

    Che Guevara

  7. 1959

    Venus

  8. 1978

    Solomon Islands

  9. 1983

    Cold War

  10. 1991

    Yugoslav Wars

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 7

Yanka Kupala

b. 1882

Ringo Starr

b. 1940

Gustav Mahler

b. 1860

Adele Goldberg (computer scientist)

b. 1945

Tung Chee-hwa

b. 1937

Ana Kasparian

b. 1986

Maria Bard

b. 1900

Biljana Plavšić

b. 1930

Deaths

  • 1956Gottfried Benn
  • 1930Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 1890Henri Nestlé
  • 1572Sigismund II Augustus
  • 1531Tilman Riemenschneider
  • 1307Edward I

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Nantes
  • —Christian feast day: Illidius
  • —Christian feast day: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blesseds Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Willibald (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.

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