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, 1957
Day of Week 1st » The International Geophysical Year begins.
Day of Week 6th » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
6th » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
Day of Week 11th » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismailism named Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
Day of Week 14th » Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the Parliament of Egypt known as National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab World called Arab world.
18th » Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
18th » Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Public Image Ltd, The Flowers of Romance (band) or The Flowers of Romance, and The Clash)
29th » Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
29th » Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player
29th » Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
29th » Alessandra Marc, American soprano
30th » Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach
30th » Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
30th » Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
30th » Leon Wesley Walls, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
31st » Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bauhaus (band) called Bauhaus, Love and Rockets (band) known as Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail)
31st » Jane Bennett (political theorist) named Jane Bennett, American sociologist, theorist, and academic
31st » Dirk Blocker, American actor
31st » Leon Durham, American baseball player and actor
31st » Mark Thompson (media executive) or Mark Thompson, English businessman
Famous Deaths for July 1957
3rd » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
5th » anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
5th » Charles Sherwood Noble, American inventor (b. 1873)
8th » Grace Coolidge, American wife of Calvin Coolidge, 37th List of First Ladies of the United States e.g First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
15th » James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)
15th » Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
23rd » Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
24th » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
28th » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
28th » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)