July

July Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly HighlightsBirthstone: Ruby*Flower: Water Lily or LarkspurCancer (June 21 – July 20)Leo (July 21 – August 20)Parents’ Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July. President Bill Clinton established Parent’s Day in 1994.The Tour de Donut is a 30 mile bike race in Illinois where riders take

July 30 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 30 History Highlights1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convened.1975 – Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. He was declared dead in 1982.July 30, 1980 Birthday (fictional) Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter #theheroofhogwartsIf you were born

July 31 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 31 History Highlights1790 – The United States Patent Office opened1792 – The cornerstone of the first US Federal Building was laid, the Philadelphia Mint1948 – Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) was dedicated.July 31, 1980 Birthday

July 29 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 29 History Highlights1945 – The USS Indiana was torpedoed and sank. Only 318 of 1,196 crewmen survived.1954 – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien was published.1958 – NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was established.If you were born on July 29th,You were likely conceived

July 28 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 28 History Highlights1540 – Thomas Cromwell was executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified.1973 – At the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival

July 27 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 27 History Highlights1886 – The Atlantic Telegraph Cable was laid between Ireland and Canada.1921 – Insulin was first isolated by Dr. Frederick Banting.1953 – The Korean War Armistice ended the Korean War.July 27, **** Birthday (fictional) Bugs Bunny, CartoonIf you were born on July 27th,You were

July 26 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 26 History HighlightsJuly 26, 19** Birthday (fictional) Bert, Sesame Street1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department was established.July 26, 1910 – Krazy Kat 1st appearance in The Dingbat Family, Comic Strip debuted1942 – The US Army ordered ( Executive

July 25 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 25 History Highlights1909 – Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly over the English Channel between France and England.1956 – The Andrea Doria sank off Nantucket, MA. Although 1,660 passengers were rescued, 46 people were killed in the accident.1965 – Bob Dylan used an electric

July 24 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 24 History Highlights1866 – Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the American Civil War.1969 – After the successful Moon landing, Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the Pacific OceanJuly 24, 2004 (fiction) Judgment Day occurred in Terminator 3: Rise of

July 23 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 23 History Highlights1827 – Francis Lieber, opened the first swimming school in the United States at the Boston Gymnasium.1962 – Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.1972 – The United States launched Landsat 1, the first

July 22 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 22 History Highlights1342 – The St. Mary Magdalene’s flood in central Europe killed thousands of people.1376 (?) The Pied Piper of Hamelin musically took the children from the town when they refused to pay a debt. It may have happened in 1284. It probably never happened.1587

July 21 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 21 History Highlights1861 – Confederate troops defeated the Union at the (1st) Battle of Bull Run.1873 – Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang held the first successful train robbery in the American West.1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in

July 20 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 20 History Highlights1874 – A plague of locusts swarmed the American Midwest.1944 – Adolf Hitler survived a bombing assassination attempt.1968 – The Special Olympics was started.1969 – American Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.1969, Micheal Collins, one of the Apollo 11

July 19 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 19 History Highlights1848 – Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls1863 – Suffering 1,515 casualties, the Union soldiers were defeated while trying to capture Fort Wagner in South Carolina.1909 – Baseball’s first unassisted Triple Play was achieved by shortstop Neal Ball.1982 – Geraldine Ferraro was nominated as

July 18 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 18 ObservancesJuly 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day,National Caviar Day, National Sour Candy Day,Insurance Nerd Day, Perfect Family Day,and World Listening Day. Nelson Mandela International Daywas established by the United Nations in 2009 to honor Mandela’s birthdayand encourage 67 minutes of community service, representing the 67

July 17 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 17 ObservancesJuly 17 is World Emoji Day, National Tattoo Day, National Peach Ice Cream Day, Wrong-Way Corrigan Day, Yellow Pigs Day, and World Day for International Justice, which marks the anniversary of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court in 1998. World Emoji Day is

July 16 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 16 ObservancesJuly 16 is Guinea Pig Appreciation Day, World Snake Day, National Corn Fritter Day, National Fresh Spinach Day, and National Personal Chef Day. World Snake Day and Guinea Pig Appreciation Day sharing a calendar date is either ironic or a reminder that the food chain

July 15 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 15 ObservancesJuly 15 is Gummi Worm Day, Saint Swithin’s Day, National Give Something Away Day, National Be a Dork Day, National Tapioca Pudding Day, Orange Chicken Day, I Love Horses Day, National Pet Fire Safety Day, National Respect Canada Day, and Japan’s Bon Festival, also called

July 14 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 14 ObservancesJuly 14 is Bastille Day, France’s national holiday; Shark Awareness Day; National Mac and Cheese Day; National Grand Marnier Day; National Tape Measure Day; and Pandemonium Day. Pandemonium Day has no official guidelines, which is probably the point. Bastille Day and Pandemonium Day on the same date are either redundant or historically

July 13 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 13 ObservancesJuly 13 is Barbershop Music Appreciation Day, National French Fry Day, Embrace Your Geekness Day, Bean ‘n’ Franks Day, National Beef Tallow Day, Fool’s Paradise Day, Go West Day, and Gruntled Workers Day. Gruntled is the antonym of disgruntled, and is a perfectly legitimate word

July 12 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 12 ObservancesJuly 12 is Etch A Sketch Day, Simplicity Day (honoring Henry David Thoreau’s birthday), National Pecan Pie Day, National Eat Your Jell-O Day, Paper Bag Day, Different Colored Eyes Day, New Conversations Day, and Orangemen’s Day, a public holiday in Northern Ireland commemorating the 1690

July 11 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 11 ObservancesJuly 11 is World Population Day, National Cheer Up the Lonely Day, National Mojito Day, National Blueberry Muffin Day, Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven (because 7/11), Make Your Own Sundae Day, National Swimming Pool Day, All American Pet Photo Day, Bowdler’s Day, International Essential Oils

July 10 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 10 ObservancesJuly 10 is Nikola Tesla Day, National Kitten Day, National Pina Colada Day, Don’t Step on a Bee Day, Pick Blueberries Day, and Teddy Bear Picnic Day. The combination of Kitten Day, Pina Colada Day, and Teddy Bear Picnic Day in a single calendar slot

July 9 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 9 ObservancesJuly 9 offers an eclectic mix of things to celebrate: Fashion Day, International Town Criers Day, National Sugar Cookie Day, National Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Omelet Day, National No Bra Day, and Martyrdom of the Bab, a solemn holy day in the

July 8 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 8 ObservancesJuly 8 gives you four solid reasons to do absolutely nothing productive: Be a Kid Again Day, Math 2.0 Day, National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day, and SCUD Day — aka Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama Day. SCUD Day and Be a Kid Again

July 7 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 7 History Highlights1863 – The US had its first military draft. You could be exempted for $300.1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld held his first ‘Follies” on an NYC rooftop.1928 – The Chillicothe Baking Company began selling sliced bread.1930 – Construction of the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam began.1954

July 6 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 6 ObservancesJuly 6 is National Fried Chicken Day, International Kissing Day, National Air Traffic Control Day, Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day, Umbrella Cover Day, and Virtually Hug a Virtual Assistant Day — the last of which is either a gesture of appreciation for technology or

July 5 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 5 ObservancesJuly 5 is Bikini Day, Mechanical Pencil Day, National Apple Turnover Day, and National Graham Cracker Day. It is also, notably, the day after the Fourth of July — a holiday with its own distinct character, defined primarily by leftover potato salad, a vague ringing

July 4 — Independence Day: Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 4 ObservancesJuly 4 is Independence Day — the defining American holiday, marked by fireworks, barbecues, parades, and the annual tradition of not reading the Declaration of Independence all the way through. It is also Alice in Wonderland Day (marking Lewis Carroll’s 1862 boat