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, 1925
Day of Week 10th » Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
10th » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
Day of Week 18th » Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto 'Mein Kampf'.
Day of Week 21st » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
21st » Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the convert 150 mph 0 abbr=on land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam (car company) Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of convert 150.33 mph 0 abbr=on.
Day of Week 25th » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
18th » Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (d. 2004)
18th » Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany) named German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 2012)