Today
Wednesday July 22 2026
- Day of the year
- 203/ 365
- Week
- 302,026
- Days left
- 16256%
- Moon
- 62%Waxing gibbous
Today is Wednesday, July 22, 2026. It is day 203 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 162 remain, and 56% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 30.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- July 30World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
- July 30International Day of Friendship
- August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Mary Magdalenefollower of Jesus (-100)
- Ephrem the SyrianSyriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373)
- WandregiselFrench saint
- María Inés Teresa AriasMexican religious (1904-1981)
- Kyrillos Ibishop of Antioch
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:44
- Sunset
- 20:21
- Length of day
- 14h 37m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:03
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 62 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing gibbous
Illumination : 62%
Moon age : 8.3 days
- Next full moon
- July 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- August 12, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Cancer
until July 23, 2026 — Leo
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1209
Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. Wikipedia
1298
Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk. Wikipedia
1499
Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Wikipedia
1812
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War: Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain. Wikipedia
1864
American Civil War: In the Battle of Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill outside Atlanta. Wikipedia
1894
The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the "official" victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his three-horsepower petrol engined Peugeot. Wikipedia
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1946
King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths. Wikipedia
1962
Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed. Wikipedia
2003
Iraq War: Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard. Wikipedia
2011
Norway attacks: A bomb explodes, targeted at government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day July 22
- 1647Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint (died 1690)
- 1784Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1846)
- 1878Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author (died 1942)
- 1882Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher (died 1967)
- 1887Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
- 1898Alexander Calder, American sculptor, known for his kinetic sculptures (died 1976)
- 1923Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2021)
- 1932Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)
Died on this day July 22
- 1461Charles VII of France (born 1403)aged 58 years
- 1645Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587)aged 58 years
- 1802Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771)aged 31 years
- 1826Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1746)aged 80 years
- 1832Napoleon II, French emperor (born 1811)aged 21 years
- 1967Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (born 1878)aged 89 years
- 1968Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (born 1908)aged 60 years
- 2000Claude Sautet, French director and screenwriter (born 1924)aged 76 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:44 and sets at 20:21, giving 14h 37m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 62 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is waxing gibbous, 62% illuminated. The next full moon falls on July 29, 2026 and the next new moon on August 12, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches July 22 to Mary Magdalene, Ephrem the Syrian and Wandregisel.
No United Nations international day falls on July 22. The next one on the calendar is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, on July 30.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade (1209); Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk (1298). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Margaret Mary Alacoque was born on July 22, 1647; Charles VII of France died on July 22, 1461.
156 days remain until Christmas and 163 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — July 22 falls under the sign of Cancer.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 56%
- of the year elapsed
- 156
- until Christmas
- 163
- until New Year
- 587
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26