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, 1972
Day of Week 1st » The first Gay Pride march in Pride London called England takes place.
Day of Week 9th » The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
Day of Week 11th » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
Day of Week 19th » Dhofar Rebellion: British Special Air Service known as SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
Day of Week 21st » The Troubles: Bloody Friday (1972) Bloody Friday the Provisional Irish Republican Army Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
Day of Week 23rd » The United States launches 'Landsat 1', the first Earth-resources satellite.
Day of Week 24th » Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
Day of Week 31st » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later tha
Famous Birthdays on July in 1972
1st » Sunshine Becker, American singer (Furthur (band) known as Furthur)
1st » Claire Forlani, English actress
1st » Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist (BPM (band) e.g BPM and CAB (band) named CAB)
31st » Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter
Famous Deaths for July 1972
2nd » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
6th » Brandon deWilde, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
7th » Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
7th » Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
9th » Robert Weede, American opera singer (b. 1903)
10th » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
10th » Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (b. 1882)