Today: July 4th, 2022.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• Week Number: We are currently in Week 27 of 2022.
• Leap Year: 2022 is NOT a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1656889200.

On this day: 4th of July.

Events that have occurred on the 4th of July.

• July 4th, 1954: West Germany beat Hungary 3-2 to win the 1954 World Cup.
• July 4th, 1954: Rationing comes to an end in the United Kingdom.
• July 4th, 1967: The United Kingdom decriminalizes homosexuality.
• July 4th, 1969: The Rolling Stones release their single "Honky Tonk Women".
• July 4th, 1969: Zodiac killer: Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin are shot and killed at Blue Rock Springs in California.
• July 4th, 1969: John Lennon releases his single "Give Peace a Chance".
• July 4th, 1975: Australian newspaper publisher Juanita Nielsen disappears.
• July 4th, 1976: Israeli commandos free 103 hostages from an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport.
• July 4th, 1977: Soccer: Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty is sacked following his announcement that he had left his wife for a younger woman.
• July 4th, 1982: Terry Higgins becomes the first person to die of AIDS in the United Kingdom.
• July 4th, 1990: Die Hard 2 (1990) is released.
• July 4th, 1995: American painter Bob Ross dies at the age of 52 due to complications from lymphoma.
• July 4th, 1995: The song "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is released by Deep Blue Something.
• July 4th, 1996: The web email service Hotmail is launched.
• July 4th, 1997: Juárez Cartel leader Amado Carrillo Fuentes (The Lord of the Skies) dies during an operation to change his appearance at Santa Mónica Hospital in Mexico City.
• July 4th, 1999: David Beckham and Victoria Adams (Posh Spice) are married.
• July 4th, 2001: Scary Movie 2 (2001) is released in cinemas.
• July 4th, 2001: 145 people lose their lives after Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes near Irkutsk Airport in Russia.
• July 4th, 2002: Actress Julia Roberts marries cameraman Daniel Moder.
• July 4th, 2003: NBA star Kobe Bryant is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
• July 4th, 2003: Singer Barry White passes away at the age of 58.
• July 4th, 2004: Underdogs Greece win the 2004 UEFA European Championship with a 1-0 victory over Portugal.
• July 4th, 2007: Soccer: Atlético Madrid striker Fernando Torres joins Liverpool.
• July 4th, 2009: NFL player Steve McNair is shot dead by his mistress.
• July 4th, 2011: Adele releases the song "Set Fire to the Rain".
• July 4th, 2012: CERN announces that particles consistent with the Higgs boson have been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider.
• July 4th, 2014: Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for the sexual assault of four underage girls.
• July 4th, 2014: Irish politics: Labour leader Eamon Gilmore resigns from office.
• July 4th, 2015: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are married.
• July 4th, 2019: The third season of Stranger Things is released on Netflix.
• July 4th, 2019: Soccer: Frank Lampard becomes the new manager of Chelsea FC.
• July 4th, 2020: Rapper Kanye West announces that he will be running in the 2020 US presidential election.

Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to July 4th, 2022.

• June 4th, 2022: Shakira confirms that she has her split with her partner Gerard Piqué after more than a decade together.
• June 5th, 2022: At least 40 people are killed during a mass shooting and bomb attack at a Catholic church in Owo, Nigeria.
• June 5th, 2022: Brazilian Indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips go missing in the west of the Amazonas.
• June 6th, 2022: The 2022 season of Love Island begins.
• June 6th, 2022: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson narrowly survives a vote of "No Confidence".
• June 8th, 2022: The US House of Representatives votes to set 21 as the minimum age for purchasing semi-automatic guns.
• June 8th, 2022: Several golfers are accused of helping the Saudi government to engage in "sportswashing" after agreeing to play in the Liv Golf tournament.
• June 9th, 2022: Ukraine reports that the city of Severodonetsk is largely under Russian control.
• June 9th, 2022: The PGA Tour suspends golfers playing in Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf tournament.
• June 9th, 2022: Gas prices in the United States hit an average of $5 per gallon.
• June 9th, 2022: The European Central Bank announces that it will be raising interest rates in an effort to curb inflation.
• June 9th, 2022: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are married.
• June 9th, 2022: TikTok star Cooper Noriega dies at the age of 19.
• June 9th, 2022: Actress Rebel Wilson comes out as gay.
• June 9th, 2022: An elephant kills a woman in India and then returns to her funeral to attack her body.
• June 10th, 2022: The film "Jurassic World Dominion" is released.
• June 12th, 2022: Actor Philip Baker Hall, who portrayed Mr Bookman in the sitcom Seinfeld, passes away at the age of 90.
• June 13th, 2022: Brexit: The UK government launches legislation to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
• June 13th, 2022: The price of Bitcoin drops by 14%, falling beneath $24,000.
• June 13th, 2022: Britney Spears' ex-husband, Jason Alexander, is charged with stalking her at her wedding.
• June 13th, 2022: Wrestler Jeff Hardy is arrested for driving under the influence.
• June 14th, 2022: Stock market: The S&P 500 officially enters a bear market.
• June 14th, 2022: Coinbase lays off 18% of its workforce.
• June 14th, 2022: Lizzo apologizes for including an "ablest slur" in her new song "Grrrls".
• June 15th, 2022: Microsoft officially retires its Internet Explorer browser.
• June 15th, 2022: US President Joe Biden announces an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
• June 16th, 2022: The Golden State Warriors win the 2022 NBA Finals after they defeat the Boston Celtics 4-2.
• June 17th, 2022: Drake releases the album "Honestly, Nevermind".
• June 17th, 2022: The British government approves the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
• June 17th, 2022: WWE CEO Vince McMahon steps down due to a misconduct probe.
• June 17th, 2022: Kate Bush's song "Running Up That Hill" reaches the top of the UK charts after featuring in Stranger Things.
• June 18th, 2022: Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury is refused entry to the United States due to his links with Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan.
• June 18th, 2022: The price of Bitcoin falls under $20,000.
• June 19th, 2022: An unprecedented heatwave hits Western Europe, with temperatures reaching up to 43 degrees celsius (110°F).
• June 21st, 2022: Britain's largest rail strike in 30 years takes place.
• June 21st, 2022: Beyonce releases her single "Break My Soul".
• June 22nd, 2022: Rap artist Lil Tjay is shot multiple times in New Jersey.
• June 23rd, 2022: Ukraine and Moldova are accepted as candidates to join the European Union.
• June 24th, 2022: The US Supreme Court overturns "Roe v Wade" and ends the constitutional right to abortion.
• June 27th, 2022: The bodies of 46 migrants are found in the back of a trailer near San Antonio, Texas.
• June 27th, 2022: A Russian missile strike kills at least people at a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine.
• June 28th, 2022: It is alleged that former US President Donald Trump attacked one a Secret Secret agent after they refused to bring him to the Capitol Hill riot on January 6th, 2021.
• June 28th, 2022: Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking.
• June 29th, 2022: R&B singer R. Kelly is sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple sex crimes.
• June 30th, 2022: Russia withdraws troops from Snake Island following heavy bombardment.
• July 1st, 2022: The second volume of Stranger Things, Season 4, is released on Netflix.
• July 1st, 2022: The film "Minions: The Rise of Gru" is released in movie theaters.
• This date: July 4th, 2022
• July 15th, 2022: The action thriller "The Gray Man" is released in movie theaters.
• July 15th, 2022: The mystery drama film "Where the Crawdads Sing" is released.
• July 22nd, 2022: The sci-fi horror film "Nope" is released.
• July 29th, 2022: Beyonce releases her album "Renaissance".
• July 29th, 2022: The animated film "DC League of Super-Pets" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 4th, 2022, will have the star sign Cancer.
• Zodiac Element: Water.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2022 is the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
• Native American Zodiac: July 4th, 2022 falls under the Woodpecker.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of July will have the birthstone Ruby.
• Birth flower (July): The Larkspur and the Water Lily.

Personality traits.

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Holidays.

National holidays and famous events that fall on the 4th of July.

• Independence Day (USA)

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• If your baby is due on July 4th, 2022, then the date of conception was probably around October 11th, 2021.
• A baby that is conceived on July 4th, 2022, will be due around March 27th, 2023.

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