Month July 1939 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, 1939

• Day of Week 4th » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium (1923) or Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• 4th » Huỳnh Phú Sổ founds Hòa Hảo named Hòa Hảo Buddhism.
• Day of Week 6th » The Holocaust named Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1939

• 1st » Karen Black, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1st » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (d. 2008)
• 1st » Dudley Knight, American actor and educator (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Ferdinand Mount, English journalist and author
• 2nd » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (d. 1976)
• 2nd » John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff
• 2nd » Paul Williams (The Temptations) named Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
• 3rd » Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
• 3rd » László Kovács (politician) called László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hungary
• 3rd » Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 5th » Booker Edgerson, American football player
• 6th » Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
• 6th » John Makepeace, English furniture designer
• 6th » Mary Peters (athlete) or Mary Peters, English pentathlete and shot putter
• 10th » Phil Kelly (footballer born 1939) called Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer (d. 2012)
• 10th » Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
• 12th » Phillip Adams, Australian journalist
• 13th » Prakash Mehra, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
• 13th » Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (d. 2013)
• 14th » Karel Gott, Czech singer-songwriter and actor
• 14th » Sid Haig, American actor
• 14th » George Edgar Slusser, American scholar and author
• 15th » Calixte Duguay, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 15th » Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
• 16th » William Bell (singer) named William Bell, American singer-songwriter
• 16th » Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 16th » Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (d. 2010)
• 16th » Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995)
• 17th » Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician
• 17th » Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group)
• 17th » Ali Khamenei, Iranian politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
• 18th » Brian Auger, English keyboard player (Brian Auger and the Trinity, CAB (band) e.g CAB, and The Steampacket)
• 18th » Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dion and the Belmonts)
• 18th » Edward Gramlich, American economist and educator (d. 2007)
• 18th » Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
• 20th » Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
• 21st » Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator
• 21st » John Negroponte, American diplomat, 1st Director of National Intelligence
• 22nd » Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and author
• 22nd » Terence Stamp, English actor and singer
• 23rd » Raine Karp, Estonian architect
• 24th » Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 24th » David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury, English businessman and politician
• 26th » Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (d. 2011)
• 26th » John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
• 26th » Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer
• 26th » Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (d. 2013)
• 27th » Michael Longley, Irish poet
• 28th » Richard Johns, English air marshal
• 30th » Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
• 31st » Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
• 31st » France Nuyen, French actress

Famous Deaths for July 1939

• 7th » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
• 8th » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 14th » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter (b. 1860)
• 19th » Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (b. 1850)

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