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July 1
Canada
Day
Early Bird Day
Build a Scarecrow Day
Devotion to Duty Day
July 2
Anniversary:
1964 Civil Rights Act signed
National Literacy Day
July 3
Jim
Morrison died in Paris, 1971
Klaus Barbie convicted of Nazi war crimes (1987)
USS Vincennes mistakenly shot down an Iralian airliner killing 268 people,
mistaking it for a bomber (Gulf War, 1988)
Disobedience Day
Compliment your Mirror Day
Stay Out of the Sun Day
Air Conditioning Appreciation Days begin
July 4
U.S.
Independence Day
Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC
Liberty Bell rang (1776)
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died (1826)
Hillbilly Day
Firecracker Day
National Country Music Day
July 5
First
bikini appeared (Paris, 1946)
US Secret Service established
July 6
Elvis
Presley recorded his first record in 1954
National Fried Chicken Day
July 7
Morris
the Cat died
First solar-power plane flew, 1981
Mararoni Day
National Strawberry Sundae Day
July
8
Heritage
Day
Video Games Day
National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
Don't Put All Your Eggs in one Omelette Day
Cigarette
ads on TV and radio ceased in UK
Liberty Bell cracked, 1835
Mt. Everest first reached without using oxygen tanks (1978)
July 9
Recreation
Day
Goat Mother Day
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
National Sugar Cookie Day
Doughnut
cutter patented
Sleeping pill patented ( 1902)
July 10
Bahamas
Independence Day
National Pina Colada Day
Battle
of Britain (WWII, 1940)
July 11
World
Population Day
Swimming Pool Day
National Blueberry Muffin Day
National Cheer Up the Lonely Day
Buffalo Bill Day
Newlywed
Game debuted (1966)
UK Magazine fined 1,000 pounds for publishing a poem suggestging Jesus
had been a homosexual (1977)
July 12
First
Newspaper west of the Mississippi published (1808)
July 13
Fool's
Paradise Day
National French Fries Day
Ancient
Olympics held in 776 BC
First World Cup match held, 1930
July 14
Bastille
Day in France
National Nude Day
Comedy Celebration Day
Dynamite
first demonstrated, by Alfred Novel, 1867
Matterhorn in Switzeland first climbed, 1865
July 15
Respect
Canada Day
First
no-hitter pitched
Howard Hughes set record for around the world flight (1938)
July 16
International
Juggling Day
First
atomic bomb exploded, 1945
District of Columbia established 1790
July 17
Crank
Call Day
POW-MIA Recognition Day
Wrong Way Day
Disneyland
opened, 1955
Sewing machine patented, 1790
House of Windsor adopted as name of UKs ruling family
July 18
Chrysanthemum
day
National Caviar Day
Anti-Bigot Day
First
helicopter flew, 1940
July 19
Woman's
Day
Feast of Cranks
Rosetta stone discovered, 1799
First woman nominated for president, 1984
July 20
Chess
Day
Moon Day
National Lollipop Day
Jacques
Cartier discovered Canada, 1534
Man lst walked on moon, 1969
First photos of Mars taken, 1940
First baby born on Alcatraz Island, 1970
Bruce Lee died from allergic reaction to aspirin, 1973
July 21
National
Junk Food Day
National Creme Brulee Day
First
women prime ministers took office, in Sri Lanka, 1960
Women's Hall of Fame dedicated, 1979
US Judge ruled Lady Chatterly's Lover may be sent through the mail, 1959.
July 22
Preparedness
Day
India Independence Day
International Childbirth Education awareness day
First
miniature golf course opened in Chatanooga, TN
John Dillinger killed by FBI 1934
July 23
Mayhem
New Year
National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
First
ice cream cone invented
First public swimming pool opened, Boston, 1827
Music banned in Iran, 1979
July 24
Pioneer
Day in Utah
National Tequila Day
Pop a Wheelie Day
St. Christina the Astonishing's Day (patron saint of psychiatrists)
John
T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution
First duplicating machine made
First public opinion poll taken, 1824 (Delaware)
July 25
-Netherlands
Independence Day
-Constitution Day, Puerto Rico
-National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
-St. Christopher's Day (patron saint of travel, motorists, bachelors,
bus drivers, ferryboat operators, truck drivers, soldiers and police)
- First
test tube baby, Louise Brown, born in UK, 1979
-Antarctica discovered
-Roseanne sang the National Anthem, 1990
-80-year-old British Army Surgeon Major-General James Barry revealed on
her deathbed that she was a woman (1865)
July 26
-All
or Nothing Day
-St. Anne's Day (patron of Canada, grandmothers, housewives, miners)
-National Coffee -Milkshake Day
-U.S. Department
of Defense created
Truman banned racial segregation in the military, 1948
July 27
Take
your plants for a walk day
National Blunt Object Day
National Scotch Day
Cross-Atlantic Communications Day
Korean
War ended, 1953
Shah of Iran died, 1980
July 28
Accountants
Day
National Milk Chocolate Day
Minimum
wage act established
Hamburger created, 1900
B-52 bomber accidentally hit the Empire State Building, 1945
First singing telegram sent, 1933
July 29
National
Lasagna Day
St. Lupus' Day (patron against stomach aches)
NASA
established, 1959
Prince Charles and Lady Diana married (1981)
July 30
Crater
Day (Virginia)
National Cheesecake Day
Marsellaise Day, France
Copperhead Day
US
Navy WAVES established, 1942
Last Playboy Club closed, Lansing, Michigan, 1988
Jimmy Hoffa seen in public for the last time, 1975
July 31
Iraq
Independence Day
National Raspberry Cake Day
Jimmy
Hoffa disappeared, 1975
Cigarette Commercials banned on UK TV, 1965
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