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, 1932
Day of Week 8th » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
Day of Week 9th » The state of São Paulo (state) e.g São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
Day of Week 12th » Hedley Verity takes a cricket Hedley Verity World record world record ten wickets for ten runs in a County Championship county match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire.
Day of Week 17th » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the Schutzstaffel SS and Sturmabteilung SA, and the Communist Party of Germany German Communist Party ensues.
Day of Week 20th » In Washington, D.C., police fire tear gas on World War I veterans, part of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, who attempt to march to the White House.
Day of Week 28th » President of the United States or U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
Day of Week 29th » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
Day of Week 31st » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German federal election, July 1932 known as German elections.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1932
3rd » Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (d. 2014)