Month July 1916 Calendar

About Month of July Calendar

• 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, 1916

• Day of Week 1st » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• Day of Week 14th » Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
• Day of Week 15th » In Seattle or Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• Day of Week 19th » World War I: Battle of Fromelles 61st (2nd South Midland) Division British and First Australian Imperial Force Australian troops attack German Empire German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.
• Day of Week 22nd » In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street (San Francisco) e.g Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing ten and injuring 40.
• Day of Week 30th » Black Tom explosion called Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1916

• 1st » Olivia de Havilland, Japanese-American actress
• 1st » George C. Stoney, American director and producer (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 2nd » Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (d. 1982)
• 3rd » John Kundla, American basketball player and coach
• 6th » Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
• 9th » Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
• 9th » Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
• 10th » Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
• 11th » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 11th » Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 11th » Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia
• 12th » Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (d. 2013)
• 12th » Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)
• 18th » Johnny Hopp, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
• 19th » Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
• 19th » Eve Merriam, American poet and playwright (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Gino Bianco, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1984)
• 22nd » Marcel Cerdan, French boxer (d. 1949)
• 23rd » Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2013)
• 24th » Bob Eberly, American singer (d. 1981)
• 24th » John D. MacDonald, American author (d. 1986)
• 25th » Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
• 26th » Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (d. 2013)
• 26th » Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (d. 2013)
• 26th » Herbert Norkus, German Hitler Youth member (d. 1932)
• 27th » Elizabeth Hardwick (writer) called Elizabeth Hardwick, American author and critic (d. 2007)
• 27th » Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)
• 27th » Keenan Wynn, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
• 28th » David Brown (producer) named David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
• 29th » Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 29th » Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
• 30th » Dick Wilson, English-American actor (d. 2007)
• 31st » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)
• 31st » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
• 31st » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)

Famous Deaths for July 1916

• 2nd » Louis Maxson, American archer (b. 1855)
• 3rd » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)
• 4th » Alan Seeger, American soldier poet (b. 1888)
• 6th » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 18th » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 22nd » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 23rd » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 27th » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)

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