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, 1926
Day of Week 4th » Knoebels Amusement Resort is opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
Day of Week 23rd » 20th Century Fox Fox Film Corporation e.g Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1926
1st » Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1st » Carl Hahn, German businessman
1st » Hans Werner Henze, German composer (d. 2012)
2nd » Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
3rd » Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (d. 1997)
4th » Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)
4th » Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)
6th » Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
8th » David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)
8th » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)