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, 1911
Day of Week 1st » Germany despatches the gunship 'SMS Panther called Panther' to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
Day of Week 4th » A 1911 Eastern North America heat wave e.g massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
Day of Week 7th » The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
Day of Week 14th » Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers lands his airplane at the South Lawn (White House) named South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.
Day of Week 24th » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Inca Empire or Incas".
1st » Sergey Sokolov (commander) known as Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) or Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 2012)
2nd » Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (d. 1964)
4th » Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010)
5th » Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist (d. 2008)
5th » Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980)
5th » Georges Pompidou, French politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974)
7th » Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
7th » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007)
9th » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (d. 1968)
9th » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author (d. 2008)