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, 1991
Day of Week 1st » The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
Day of Week 7th » Yugoslav Wars: the Brijuni Agreement or Brioni Agreement ends the Ten-Day War known as ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Day of Week 10th » The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
10th » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
Day of Week 22nd » Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee after police discover human remains in his apartment.
Day of Week 24th » Manmohan Singh presents his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India
Famous Birthdays on July in 1991
1st » Serenay Sarıkaya, Turkish model and actress, Miss Turkey 2010
3rd » Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
3rd » Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player