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, 1944
Day of Week 3rd » World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Red Army or Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
Day of Week 6th » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
Day of Week 7th » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
Day of Week 9th » World War II: Invasion of Normandy called Battle of Normandy British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
9th » World War II: Battle of Saipan American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
9th » World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offe
Day of Week 17th » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
17th » World War II: Napalm incendiary bombs are dropped for the first time by American Lockheed P-38 Lightning named P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô, France.
Day of Week 18th » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
Day of Week 20th » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives 20 July plot or an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
Day of Week 21st » World War II: Battle of Guam (1944) e.g Battle of Guam American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
21st » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin named Berlin, Germany for the 20 July plot e.g July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Day of Week 25th » World War II: Operation Spring one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war: One thousand five hundred casualties, including 500 killed.
Day of Week 26th » World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazism named Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
26th » The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1944
1st » Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin, English politician