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Saturday, July 4
July 4, 2026 is day 185 of 365, ISO week 27, in Q3. The moon is Waning Gibbous and the zodiac sign is Cancer.
Day of year185
ISO week27
QuarterQ3
Days left180
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous
- Lunar age
- 19.2 days
- Illumination
- 79%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Cancer
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July 4
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Antoine Daniel
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Bertha of Artois
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Blessed Catherine Jarrige
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Blessed Józef Kowalski
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Pier Giorgio Frassati
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Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)
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Local briefSaturday, July 4, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2024: Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 4.
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Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.
The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.
William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
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Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (born 1964)
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Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (born 1958)
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Bobby Jenks, American baseball player (born 1981)
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Peter Russell-Clarke, Australian chef, author and illustrator (born 1935)
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Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (born 1946)
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Cláudio Hummes, Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)
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