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).
Day of Week 3rd » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for Operation Cyclone called secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
Day of Week 9th » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
Day of Week 12th » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom.
Day of Week 15th » United States called U.S. President of the United States called President Jimmy Carter gives his so-called malaise speech, where he characterizes the greatest threat to the country as "this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives an
Day of Week 16th » President of Iraq called Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
Day of Week 17th » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
Day of Week 19th » The Sandinista National Liberation Front named Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Anastasio Somoza Debayle called Somoza family in Nicaragua.
Day of Week 25th » Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1979
1st » Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor
2nd » Walter Davis (triple jumper) known as Walter Davis, American triple jumper