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, 1998
Day of Week 4th » Japan launches the Nozomi (spacecraft) e.g Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a outer space known as space exploring nation.
Day of Week 10th » Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas named Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were child sexual abuse named sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
Day of Week 17th » 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake known as Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
17th » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a International Criminal Court known as permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the cri
Day of Week 24th » United States Capitol shooting incident (1998) or Russell Eugene Weston, Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1998
4th » Malia Obama, American daughter of Barack Obama