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Monday, July 8, 2024 falls on a Monday. It is day 190 of the year, ISO week 28, in Q3.
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Monday, July 8
July 8, 2024 is day 190 of 366, ISO week 28, in Q3. The moon is Waxing Crescent and the zodiac sign is Cancer.
Day of year190
ISO week28
QuarterQ3
Days left176
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Lunar age
- 2 days
- Illumination
- 4%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Cancer
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations
July 8
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Abda and Sabas
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Auspicius of Trier
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Grimbald
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Landrada
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Kilian and Totnan
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Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)
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Priscilla and Aquila
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Procopius of Scythopolis
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Local briefMonday, July 8, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2022: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 8.
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History for July 8
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.
Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements were widely watched on YouTube.
In the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão, Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 (players pictured), breaking several tournament records.
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.
Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.
King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.
Notable Births
Notable Deaths
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Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island
2025
Paulette Jiles, American writer (born 1943)
2022
Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician (born 1954)
2022
Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (born 1923)
2022
Luis Echeverría, Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1922)
2022
Tony Sirico, American actor (born 1942)
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