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 5th » Dolly (sheep) called Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Day of Week 15th » A Belgian Air Component or Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules called C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
Day of Week 17th » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island or Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
17th » The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is founded.
Day of Week 27th » Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta or Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. One hu
Day of Week 28th » The remains of a Prehistory e.g prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
Day of Week 29th » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a United States federal courts named U.S. federal court as too broad.