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, 1908
Day of Week 1st » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
Day of Week 23rd » Second Constitutional Era e.g The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottoman Empire called Ottomans.
Day of Week 25th » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the University of Tokyo known as Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
Day of Week 26th » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
Famous Birthdays on July in 1908
1st » Peter Anders (tenor) known as Peter Anders, German tenor (d. 1954)
1st » Ed Gordon (athlete) or Ed Gordon, American long jumper (d. 1971)
2nd » Thurgood Marshall, American jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (d. 1993)