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, 1977
Day of Week 4th » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington (state) named Washington state capitol in Olympia, Washington e.g Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security
Day of Week 5th » Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
Day of Week 11th » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Day of Week 13th » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethiopian-Somali War.
13th » New York, New York, amidst a period of History of New York City (1946–1977) 1970s e.g financial and social turmoil experiences an New York City blackout of 1977 e.g electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
Day of Week 20th » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act (United States) or Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in Project MKULTRA named mind control experiments.
Day of Week 21st » The start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
Day of Week 22nd » China e.g Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
Day of Week 26th » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French language e.g French as the official language of the provincial government.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1977
1st » Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1st » Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player
1st » Greg Pattillo, American flute player (Project Trio)
1st » Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress
1st » Pamela Rogers Turner, American educator and sex offender