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, 1966
Day of Week 1st » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
Day of Week 2nd » The French military explodes a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
Day of Week 4th » President of the United States named U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act (United States) named Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
Day of Week 6th » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first Heads of State of Malawi called President.
Day of Week 8th » List of Kings of Burundi King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Ntare V of Burundi Charles Ndizi.
Day of Week 10th » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people come to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter Paul and Mary.
Day of Week 15th » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
Day of Week 18th » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Canaveral e.g Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
Day of Week 24th » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jumping known as BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
20th » Stone Gossard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone, Brad (band) known as Brad, Temple of the Dog, and Green River (band) called Green River)
20th » Agot Isidro, Filipino actress
20th » Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican politician, 57th President of Mexico