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).
Day of Week 2nd » World War I: President of the United States called U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany.
Day of Week 11th » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
11th » Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the United States or Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
Day of Week 27th » Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
Day of Week 29th » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party or National Socialist German Workers Party.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1921
1st » Seretse Khama, Batswana politician, 1st President of Botswana (d. 1980)