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, 1975
Day of Week 5th » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the The Championships, Wimbledon e.g Wimbledon singles title.
5th » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
Day of Week 6th » The Comoros declares independence from France.
Day of Week 12th » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
Day of Week 15th » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo program Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz (spacecraft) Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraf
Day of Week 17th » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo program e.g Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz (spacecraft) known as Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
Day of Week 30th » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again, and will be declared legally dead on this date in 1982.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1975
1st » Sean Colson, American basketball player and coach
1st » Sufjan Stevens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Danielson and Marzuki)