Friday, July 15, 2016 is a Friday. It is day 197 of 2016 (53.8% through the year), ISO week 28, in Q3.
Calendar Specifications
Friday, July 15, 2016 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2018: Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 15.
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Historical Milestones
Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.
Mario Mandžukić →The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Peace at Home Council →South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
Psy →Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 →A .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 7.8 earthquake struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, the country's largest earthquake magnitude since the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
Seismic magnitude scales →Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan.
Sega →The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion →Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.
Rupert's Land →Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Bellerophon (1786) →French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.
Fort Julien →The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland →France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.
France national football team →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, July 15, 2016 falls on a Friday.
3,712 days ago (10 years, 1 month, 29 days ago). It is day 197 of 2016 with 169 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, July 15, 2016 is written as XV.VII.MMXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 81% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Cancer.