July is the seventh month of the year (between June and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.
July symbols: The birthstone of July is the ruby, which symbolizes contentment. Its birth flowers are the Larkspur or the Water Lily. The zodiac signs for the month of July are Cancer (until July 22) and Leo (July 23 onwards).
Historical Events for July, 1905
Day of Week 13th » The verdict in the six-month long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1905
3rd » Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (d. 2006)
4th » Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)
4th » Lionel Trilling, American author, critic, and educator (d. 1975)
5th » Myles Horton, American educator and activist (d. 1990)
8th » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)
9th » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
10th » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
10th » Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
10th » Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
13th » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (d. 1990)
15th » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1974)
23rd » Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (d. 2013)
25th » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
25th » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (d. 1990)
27th » Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
29th » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
29th » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
29th » Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for July 1905
1st » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
4th » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
8th » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
11th » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)