Month July 1917 Calendar

About Month of July Calendar

• 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, 1917

• Day of Week 2nd » The East St. Louis Riots end.
• Day of Week 6th » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Battle of Aqaba known as Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• Day of Week 12th » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnapping kidnap and deportation deport nearly 1,300 strike action striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• Day of Week 17th » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname House of Windsor named Windsor.
• Day of Week 20th » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-World War I known as war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• Day of Week 25th » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first Income taxes in Canada or income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• Day of Week 27th » The Allies of World War I e.g Allies reach the Yser or Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1917

• 1st » Humphry Osmond, English-American psychiatrist (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 1973)
• 3rd » João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
• 4th » Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
• 6th » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
• 7th » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
• 8th » Pamela Brown (actress) known as Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)
• 8th » Faye Emerson, American-Spanish actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 8th » J. F. Powers, American author (d. 1999)
• 10th » Hugh Alexander (baseball) called Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
• 10th » Don Herbert, American television host and producer (d. 2007)
• 10th » Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
• 12th » Andrew Wyeth, American painter (d. 2009)
• 14th » George Bookasta, American actor and director (d. 2014)
• 15th » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan politician (d. 1979)
• 17th » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 17th » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
• 17th » Phyllis Diller, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 2012)
• 17th » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey
• 17th » Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
• 18th » Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)
• 18th » Paul Streeten, Austrian-American economist and academic
• 19th » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
• 21st » Alan B. Gold, Canadian jurist (d. 2005)
• 24th » Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
• 24th » Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
• 25th » Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician (d. 1999)
• 25th » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
• 27th » Bourvil, French actor and singer (d. 1970)
• 29th » Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for July 1917

• 8th » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 14th » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 16th » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 27th » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 28th » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (b. 1879)
• 31st » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 31st » Hedd Wyn, Welsh soldier and poet (b. 1887)

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