US Federal Holidays:
Independence Day
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Astrological Signs:
Cancer: June 21 - July 22
Leo: July 23 - August 22
Birthstone:
Ruby
Flowers:
Larkspur, Water Lily
Monthly Observances:
American Beer Month
Source: www.americanbeermonth.com
Anti-Boredom Month
Boredom is an important sign of depression. Source: www.boringinstitute.com/recentevents/17antiboredom.html
Baked Beans Month (National)
July is National Baked Beans Month. Michigan leads the nation in the production of dry edible navy beans, black beans and cranberry beans. Source: State of Michigan Web site with a special page for National Baked Beans Month. Click Here
Another good Web site about National Baked Beans month: www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/article_355.shtml
Blueberry Month (National)
Source: www.blueberry.org/bbmonth.htm
Fireworks Safety Month (June thru July 4th)
To learn about Firework Safety, see: www.preventblindness.org/safety/fireworksafety.html
Another good Web site with information about firework safety and Fireworks Safety Month, see:
www.girlpower.gov/AdultsWhoCare/general/fireworks.htm
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
Hitchhiking Month
Hot Dog Month (National)
July is National Hot Dog Month - National Hot Dog Day - July 23
Source: www.hot-dog.org/pr_2003HDMonthPlanningGuide.htm
Ice Cream Month (National)
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Information about National Ice Cream Month (from www.greeting-cards.com)
Lead Poison Control Week
Peach Month (There seems to be some confusion on whether National Peach Month is in July or August...so we've listed it on both months)
President Reagan declares July as National Peach Month in 1982 - See proclamation:
www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1982/61582c.htm
"Loaded with vitamin C and at only 40 calories each, peaches are nutritious and delicious." Source:
www.smarterkids.com/rescenter/calendar/cal_activity.asp?activity=1652
Read An Almanac Month
Source: www.libraryhq.com/calendar.html
Therapeutic Recreation Week (National)
Weekly Observances:
First Week of July:
Dog Days: July 3rd - 13th
Second Week of July:
Cherry Festival (July 6th - 13th)
Therapeutic Recreation Week (National)
Third Week of July:
Hug Week (July 15th - 21st)
Fourth Week of July:
Salad Week (National) July 25 - 31, 2003
Daily Calendar:
July 1:
Build a Scarecrow Day (Date stays the same each year.)
An excellent Web site with lots of scarecrow information: www.kinderkorner.com/scarecrow.html
Canada Day / Dominion Day (Date stays the same each year.) Canada became a nation on July 1, 1867.
Dominion Day: www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/dominion_e.cfm
Canada Day: www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/canada_e.cfm
Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day (July 1st - Date stays the same each year.)
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Financial Freedom Day - Observed July 1st each year
www.onlineorganizing.com/CalendarHoliday.asp?holiday=24
International Joke Day (Date stays the same each year.)
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Dan Aykroyd, 1952
Pamela Lee Anderson, 1967
Karen Black, 1942 (Actress)
Olivia DeHavilland, 1916
Princess Diana, 1961 - Click Here for biography
Tommy Dorsey
Jamie Farr, 1934 (Actor)
Deborah Harry, 1945 (Singer)
Estee Lauder, 1906. Created Estee Lauder Cosmetics. Died April 24, 2004.
Carl Lewis
Pat McCormick
Liv Tyler, 1977
Mike Tyson, 1966
Marlon Brando (actor) died July 1, 2004. Born April 3, 1924.
Walter Matthau, (actor) died July 1, 2001. Born 1920. Official Web site: www.matthau.com
July 2:
Civil Rights Act, 1964
U. S. Army Air Corps established, 1926
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Jerry Hall
Luci Baines Johnson (daughter of former US President, Lyndon Baines Johnson)
Cheryl Ladd, 1951
Imelda Marcos
Thurgood Marshall, 1908 (first black justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
Richard Petty, 1937
Dan Rowan
President James Garfield was shot, July 2, 1881
Margaux Hemingway - committed suicide on July 2, 1996. It was the anniversary of her grandfather Ernest Hemingway's suicide.
July 3:
Idaho became the 43rd state, 1890
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Laura Branigan, 1957 (singer "Gloria") Died August 26, 2004 from an aneurysm.
George M. Cohan, 1878 (Composer)
John S. Copley, 1738 (American painter)
Tom Cruise, 1962 (Actor)
Montel Williams, 1956 (TV Personality)
Jim Backus, actor, best known as Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island, died July 3, 1989 at the age of 76.
4 July 4:
Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, and John Hancock signed it, July 4, 1776
Independence Day US - 4th of July
Greeting Cards for The 4th of July:
www.123greetings.com/events/fourth_of_july/
Work began on the Erie Canal, 1817
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Louis Armstrong
"It was recently determined that Louis Armstrong's birthday is August 4, 1901. Armstrong himself is on record as stating his birthday as July 4, 1900."
"Louis himself believed that he was born on July 4th, 1900 and that date is still found in many jazz histories and reference books. In the mid-1980s, Armstrong expert Tad Jones discovered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans a baptismal certificate that indicates compellingly that Louis was actually born on August 4th, 1901." (Source:
www.satchmo.net.)
Calvin Coolidge, 1872 (30th US President, born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804 (American Author)
Stephen Foster, 1826 (American songwriter of about 200 songs including "Oh! Susannah", "Camptown Races", "Beautiful Dreamer" (Died January 13, 1864 at the age of 37)
Ann Landers, 1918 (Twin Sister of Abigail VanBuren, Advice Columnist)
Gina Lollobrigida, 1927
Mitch Miller, 1911
Geraldo Revera, 1943
Eva Marie Saint, 1924
Pam Shriver
Neil Simon, 1927 (Tony award-winning playright: "The Odd Couple", "Barefoot in the Park", "The Goodbye Girl"
George Steinbrenner, 1930 (Owner of the New York Yankees)
Abigail VanBuren, 1918 (Twin sister of Ann Landers & Advice Columnist)
John Adams (Second US President) died July 4, 1826 - only hours after Thomas Jefferson died. (He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1735.)
Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826 - the 50th anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence.
Barry White (Singer) died July 4, 2003 at the age of 58.
5 July 5:
Amendment 26 passed setting the voting age at 18 in the United States, 1971
Venezuela's Independence Day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
P. T. Barnum, 1810 (American circus owner)
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Huey Lewis, 1950
Warren Oates, 1928
no listings yet
6 July 6:
Republican Day (The Republican Party was formed, 1854)
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Ned Beatty, 1937 (Actor)
George W. Bush, 43rd US President. Born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He is married to Laura Bush and has twin daughters, Jenna & Barbara. For bio, see White House Web site.
Sebastian Cabot, 1918
Gene Chandler
Merv Griffin, 1925
Shelly Hack
Bill Haley, 1925 (Singer, musician)
John Paul Jones, 1747 (American naval hero)
Janet Leigh, 1927 (actress) - best known for the shower scene in the movie Pyscho. She was married to Tony Lee Curtis at one time and was the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis. She died October 3, 2004 from inflammation of the blood vessels at the age of 77.
Pat Paulsen
Nancy Reagan, 1921 - Former US First Lady, married to former US President Ronald Reagan.
Della Reese, 1931
Sylvester Stallone, 1946
Buddy Ebsen (actor/dancer) died July 6, 2003. He was born April 2, 1908 and was best known for his TV role as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Roy Rogers, Actor, Singer - died July 6, 1998 in Apple Valley, California. He was born Leonard Slye on November 5, 1911 in Duck Run, Ohio. Official Web site
www.royrogers.com.
7 July 7:
Bonza Bottler Day. An excuse to celebrate. This happens every month when the day and the date are the same number. (May 5, June 6, July 7, etc.)
Chocolate Day
Source: www.candyusa.org/Classroom/calendar.asp
National Strawberry Sundae Day -- July 7 (Date stays the same each year.)
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Pierre Cardin
Shelly Duvall, 1949
Satchell Paige
Doc Severinsen, 1927
Ringo Starr, 1940
no listings yet
8 July 8:
Wall Street Journal premiers, 1889
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Kevin Bacon, 1958
Marty Feldman
Anjelica Huston, 1951
Steve Lawrence, 1935
John D. Rockefeller, 1839
Nelson Rockefeller, 1908
Jerry Vale
no listings yet
9 July 9:
Argentina's Independence Day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Ed Ames (Actor)
Brian Dennehy, 1940 (Actor)
Elias Howe, 1819 (American inventor)
Courtney Love, 1965
Kelly McGillis, 1957 (Actress)
Tom Hanks, 1956 (Actor)
Fred Savage, 1976
O. J. Simpson, 1947
Jimmy Smits, 1955 (Actor)
John Tesh, 1952
Courtney Love, 1965
Dean Koontz, 1945 (Author)
Isabel Sanford (Actress - TV Series The Jefferson's & All In The Family) died July 9, 2004 at the age of 86. Born August 29, 1917.
10 July 10:
Wyoming became the 44th state, 1890
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Arthur Ashe
David Brinkley, 1920
David Brinkley, 1920 (TV journalist.) He died June 11, 2003 after a fall.
Ron Glass, 1945
Fred Gwynne, 1926
Arlo Guthrie, 1947
Jean Kerr, writer (Please Don't Eat the Daisies) - born July 10, 1923. She died January 5, 2003 from pneumonia.
J. A. M. Whistler, 1834 (American painter)
no listings yet
11 July 11:
The movie "Beach Blanket Bingo" opened in 1965.
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
John Quincy Adams, 1767 (6th President of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He died February 23, 1848.
Yul Brynner, 1915 (July 12?)
Leon Spinks, 1953
Alexander Hamilton was killed by Aaron Burr in a duel, July 11, 1804
Laurance Rockefeller (philanthropist) died July 11, 2004. Born May 26, 1910.
12 July 12:
no listings yet
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Milton Berle, 1908
Yul Brynner, 1915 (Actor)
George Washington Carver
Bill Cosby, 1937
George Eastman, 1854 (Inventor)
Oscar Hammerstein
Richard Simmons, 1948
Henry David Thoreau, 1817
Andrew Wyeth, 1917 (American painter)
no listings yet
13 July 13:
Puzzle Day
Source: www.123greetings.com/events/puzzle_day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Bob Crane, 1928
Harrison Ford, 1942
Cheech Marin, 1946
Patrick Stewart, 1940
no listings yet
14 July 14:
Bastille Day - France
Here's a link to a good Web site - What is Bastille Day?
Pandemonium Day
Source: www.123greetings.com/events/pandemonium_day/
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Ingmar Bergman, 1918
John Chancellor, 1927
Gerald R. Ford, 1913 (38th President of the United States, born in Omaha, Nebraska)
Rosie Greer, 1932
Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie - famed traveler and song writer "This Land Is Your Land")
William Hanna, 1911
no listings yet
15 July 15:
Cow Appreciation Day
Send an online card: www.greeting-cards.com
Gummi Worm Day
Source: www.candyusa.org/Classroom/calendar.asp
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Willie Ames, 1960
Scott Foley, 1972
Brian Austin Green, 1973
Alex Karras
Ken Kercheval (Actor)
Brigitte Nielsen, 1963 (Actress)
Rembrandt (Artist)
Linda Ronstadt, 1946 (Singer)
Jan-Michael Vincent, 1944
Forest Whitaker, 1961 (Actor)
no listings yet
16 July 16:
District of Columbia was established, 1790
Juggling Day (International) - (June 12th is US National Juggling Day)
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Corey Feldman, 1971
Will Ferrell, 1967 (actor, Saturday Night Live)
Orville Redenbacher (Popcorn) Born July 16, 1907. Died September 19, 1995 - drowned in bathtub after a heart attack.
Ginger Rogers, 1911
Barbara Stanwyk, 1907
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Born January 7, 1966 (Died July 16, 1999 at the age of 33 in a plane crash along with her sister and husband, John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John F. Kennedy, Jr. - Died July 16, 1999 in a plane crash along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and his sister-in-law.
17 July 17:
Disneyland opened 1955
Fingerprint was first used as a means of identification, July 17, 1858
Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July) July 17, 2005
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Photos from Life Magazine www.life.com/Life/classicpictures/icecream/
Peach Ice Cream Day (National) -- July 17 every year
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Spain officially turned Florida over to the United States, July 17, 1821.
Spanish Civil War began, July 17-18, 1936
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Lucy Arnez
Camilla Parker-Bowles, 1947 (Now married to Prince Charles)
James Cagney, 1899
Diahann Carroll, 1935
Phyllis Diller, 1917
David Hasselhoff, 1952
Art Linkletter, 1912
Donald Sutherland, 1934
no listings yet
18 July 18:
Chrysanthemum Day
We've seen this observance on the greeting card sites but no reference to it on the National Chrysanthemum Society Web site:
www.mums.org
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
James Brolin), 1940
Van Diesel, 1967
John Glenn, 1921
Nelson Mandela, 1918
Elizabeth McGovern, 1961
Hariette Nelson, 1912
Martha Reeves, 1941
Red Skelton, 1910
no listings yet
19 July 19:
The first Woman's Rights Convention in the United States met at Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19,1848
Flitch Day (From an old custom from long ago whereby bacon was given to married couples who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for one year. Very few "took home the bacon.")
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Vikki Carr
Samuel Colt, 1814 (Firearms inventor)
Anthony Edwards, 1962
George McGovern
no listings yet
20 July 20:
National Lollipop Day
Source: www.candyusa.org/Classroom/calendar.asp
Moon Day
First Man on the Moon - U.S. astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969. He placed the United States Flag on the moon on this date.
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Sir Edmund Hillary
Diana Rigg
Carlos Santana, 1947
Natalie Wood, 1938
no listings yet
21 July 21:
Belgium's Independence Day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Ernest Hemingway, 1899 (American author and winner of the Nobel Prize.)
Don Knotts, 1924
Jon Lovitz, 1957
Rob Morrow, 1962
Janet Reno, 1938
Cat Stevens, 1947
Robin Williams, 1952
no listings yet
22 July 22:
Liberation Day - Poland
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Orson Bean
William Dafoe, 1955
Oscar DeLaRenta, 1932
Bob Dole, 1923
Don Henley, 1947
Danny Glover, 1947 (Actor)
Rose Kennedy
Bobby Sherman
David Spade, 1965 (Actor)
Alex Trebek, 1940
no listings yet
23 July 23:
Hot Dog Day (National)
July is National Hot Dog Month - National Hot Dog Day - July 23
Source: www.hot-dog.org/pr_2003HDMonthPlanningGuide.htm
National Vanilla Ice Cream Day -- July 23rd every year
Source: www.allabouticecream.com/History/nationaldays.html
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Jackson Beck, 1912 - (voice of Bluto in the Popeye cartoons and voice saying "It's a bird, it's a plane" in the Superman cartoons.) Born July 23, 1912 in Manhattan NY. Died July 28, 2004.
Burt Convey, 1933
Don Drysdale
Pee Wee Reese
Woody Harrelson, 1961
no listings yet
24 July 24:
Amelia Earhart Day
Official Amelia Earhart Web Site: www.ameliaearhart.com
Cousins Day
Send an online greeting card to your cousin: www.greetingcards.com
Parents' Day - Observed the 4th Sunday of July (July 24, 2005)
National Parents' Day Council Website: www.parentsday.com
Official White House Proclamation for National Parents Day: www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/07/20020726-12.html
Pioneer Day (Utah only) (Date stays the same each year.)
The Mormons settled Salt Lake City, Utah - July 24, 1847
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Barry Bonds
Ruth Buzzi, 1936
Lynda Carter, 1951
Amelia Earhart, 1898(97?) (American aviator and first woman to fly across the Atlantic.)
Jennifer Lopez, 1970
no listings yet
25 July 25:
Constitution Day - Puerto Rico
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Walter Brennan, 1894
Estelle Getty, 1923
Matt LeBlanc, 1967
Walter Payton
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1400 (poet, died at the age of 57)
Roger Miller, 1992 (died of cancer)
John Schlesinger (Director "Midnight Cowboy" and others) died July 25, 2003 at the age of 77.
26 July 26:
All or Nothing Day
Source: www.kidzworld.com/site/p1097.htm
Aunt & Uncle Day
We only found reference to this holiday on the greeting card Web sites. Check out
www.123greetings.com/events/aunts_and_uncles_day/
Disability Independence Day - celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Gracie Allen, 1902
Sandra Bullock, 1964
Blake Edwards, 1922
Mick Jagger, 1943
Stanley Kubrick, 1928
Jason Robards
George Bernard Shaw, 1856
Kevin Spacey, 1959
Vivian Vance
William S. Paley, 1990 (Founder of CBS at the age of 89)
27 July 27:
Korean War Veterans' Armistice Day (US National)
Truce was signed that ended the Korean War, 1953
Take Your Plants For A Walk Day
Source: www.emotionscards.com/otherholidays/takeyourhouseplantwalking.html
Nice Web page from www.plantea.com: Hold the chocolate and pass the aquarium: Unusual houseplant foods
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Leo Durocher
Bobbie Gentry
Peggy Flemming, 1948
Norman Lear, 1922
Maureen McGovern
George Bernard Shaw, 1856
Joseph Bart Tinker, 1948 (Major league ball player & manager. - Died 7/27/1948 on his birthday.)
Betty Thomas, 1948
Jerry VanDyke, 1931
Keenan Wynn
Bob Hope (comedian, actor) died July 27, 2003 at the age of 100 from pneumonia. He was born May 29, 1903. Official Web site: www.bobhope.com
Joseph Bert Tinker died July 27, 1948 on his birthday. He was a major league baseball player and manager.
28 July 28:
Accountant's Day (there is some controversy on the actual date for this observance -
www.greeting-cards.com shows the 28th of July; other sites show November 13th)
National Milk Chocolate Day
Source: www.candyusa.org/Classroom/calendar.asp
Peru's Independence Day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Elizabeth Berkley, 1972
Lori Loughlin, 1964
Jackie Kennedy Onassis, 1929
Beatrix Potter, 1866
Sally Struthers, 1948
Rudy Vallee
Jackson Beck, Died July 28, 2004 at the age of 92. (Voice of Bluto in the Popeye cartoons and voice saying "It's a bird, it's a plane" in the Superman cartoons.) Born July 23, 1912 in Manhattan NY. See bio Click Here
29 July 29:
NASA's Anniversary
www.nasa.gov
Rain Day (July 29th every year)
Source: The Internet's Official Rain Day Site: www.greenemessenger.com/rain/
Prince Charles & Lady Diane were married, July 29, 1981.
System Administrator Day - July 29, 2005
Celebrated annually on last Friday of July. Source: www.sysadminday.com
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Ken Burns
Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805 (Author of "Democracy in America")
Henry Ford, 1863
Peter Jennings, 1938
Booth Tarkington, 1869 (American novelist)
Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen) "Mama Cass" from the singing group, The Mama's and the Papa's, died on July 29, 1974 at the age of 32. She was born September 19, 1941.
30 July 30:
Father-In-Law Day
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Paul Anka, 1941
Peter Bogdanovich
Delta Burke, 1956
Laurence Fishburne, 1961
Henry Ford, 1863 in Michigan. Founder of The Ford Motor Company. Web site: www.hfmgv.org. Died April 7, 1947.
Anita Hill
Lisa Kudrow, 1963
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1947
Casey Stengel
no listings yet
31 July 31:
The first patent in the United States was registered, 1790
Celebrity Birthdays, Death Anniversaries:
Gary Lewis
Harry Potter
Wesley Snipes, 1962
no listings yet
Bizarre July Holidays
http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/jul.htm
Gramma Lowe's Food Day Calendars
www.grammalowe.net/calendar.html
July Gardening To Do List
http://backyardgardener.com/article/zonejuly01.html