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, 1983
Day of Week 1st » A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
Day of Week 7th » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of List of leaders of the Soviet Union known as Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
Day of Week 15th » Orly Airport attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia named ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
Day of Week 16th » 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash called Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
Day of Week 19th » The first Michael W. Vannier or three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a X-ray computed tomography named CT is published.
Day of Week 23rd » 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a Four Four Bravo known as deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
23rd » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Rural Municipality of Gimli or Gimli, Manitoba.
Day of Week 24th » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
24th » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "George Brett known as Pine Tar Incident".
Day of Week 25th » Black July: Thirty-seven Sri Lankan Tamil people Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are Welikada prison massacre massacred by the fellow Sinhalese people Sinhalese prisoners.
Day of Week 27th » Black July: Eighteen Sri Lankan Tamil people Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada Welikada Prison high security prison in Colombo are Welikada prison massacre massacred by Sinhalese people Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1983
1st » Leeteuk, South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1st » Lynsey Bartilson, American actress and producer
1st » Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (M2M (band) or M2M)
2nd » Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Wreckers)
2nd » Sammy J, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter